For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination. less than 1 minute read
Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you’re forced back on your own imagination. less than 1 minute read
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another. less than 1 minute read
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. less than 1 minute read
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry. less than 1 minute read
I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn’t that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that’s when your creativity is developed, when you’re young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to. less than 1 minute read
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. less than 1 minute read
However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. less than 1 minute read
