Quotes about Imagination

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them, he will still feel as the famous woman did about ghosts, Je n'y crois pas, mais je les crains, — "I don't believe in them, but I am afraid of them, nevertheless."

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but a looking glass.

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful

Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the after-world, the architects of heaven. The world is beautiful because they have lived; without them, labouring humanity would perish.

I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.

Never allow your life to be dictated by what you can see by sight, be guided by your inner vision.

The difference between those who achieve their dreams and those who don't is in their ability to see not only with their eyes but also their minds.

You have the paintbrush in your hand, you can make the picture of your life brighter and bigger or duller and darker, it's up to you.

One who never reads only goes where his feet can take him, but one who does, travels around the world.

All over the world, young men and young women will always dream dreams.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

Jazz is an interesting music. It's one of the few forms of music where everyone that's performing the music has a creative stake in the music. In jazz, everyone's improvising, and everyone's creating at the same time.