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Imagination Quotes

The inner world that fuels everything made real.

These imagination quotes link creativity to childhood spontaneity, personal experience, and even economic theory, with one quote suggesting that imagination in economics lags behind the systems it studies. Musicians here describe imagination as something that has to stay current to keep capturing attention. See Dream for a related theme.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Quotes by Jack Prelutsky

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

Quotes by Jack Prelutsky

I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent a lot of time on my own in the fields or by the lake, with just my imagination...

Quotes by Jack Reynor

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.

J.K. Rowling

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to...

J.K. Rowling

I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

Quotes by J. G. Ballard

I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping with reality, just as actors need to act all the time to make up for some deficiency in...

Quotes by J. G. Ballard

There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

Quotes by J. G. Ballard

I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.

Quotes by J. G. Ballard

I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.

Quotes by J. August Richards

One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it.

Quotes by Ivo Daalder

A-POC unleashes the freedom of imagination. It's for people who are curious, who have inner energy - the energy of life and living.

Quotes by Issey Miyake

America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together, producing a new, American identity. And while critics may argue that the melting pot is a...

Quotes by Ivan Krastev

I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling. At a very young age I learned the importance of telling stories - I saw that...

Quotes by Ishmael Beah

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

Quotes by Ishmael Reed

I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination.

Quotes by Isabelle Fuhrman

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Quotes by Isaac Newton

Even if there is endless documentation, it would be impossible to know what a man thought inside his own mind... This is where the novelist's creative imagination has to take over.

Quotes by Irving Stone

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.

Quotes by Irving Howe

Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition...

Quotes by Irma S. Rombauer

Frequently Asked Questions

What roles does imagination play across these quotes?
It shows up as something actors try to reconnect with from childhood, as a wellspring for creative work, as a limitation among economists trying to keep up with capitalism, and as the spark that pulls artists into the studio. If you enjoy quotes about creativity and possibility, our Dream quotes are a good match.
Is there a quote about reconnecting with childhood imagination?
Yes — it says actors "always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child."
Does one quote describe drawing inspiration from a wild imagination?
Yes. It says inspiration comes from "love, heartache, mistakes, hopes, regrets, successes and faith," adding that "it helps to have a wild imagination." This mix of imagination and emotion connects well with our Hope quotes.
Is there a quote about economists and imagination?
Yes — it suggests that "the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness." For more on how imagination shapes what's ahead, see our Future quotes.
Does one quote talk about imagination pulling someone into the studio?
Yes — it says influences need to "capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio." Creative work often happens in solitude — see our Alone quotes for more on that side of the process.

Browse Hope or Future for more on where imagination can lead.