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Most Famous Imagination Quotes of All Time!

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I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free.

Quotes by Andrew Wyeth

Never forget that the truest luxury is imagination, and that being a writer gives you the leeway to exploit all of the imagination's curious intricacies, to be what you were, what you are, what you will be, and what everyone...

Quotes by Andrew Solomon

I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination.

Quotes by Andrew Motion

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

Quotes by Andrew Bird

When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a...

Quotes by Andrea Mitchell

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner.

Quotes by Andre Dubus III

One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like...

Quotes by Andre Leon Talley

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

Quotes by Anatole France

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.

Quotes by Anais Nin

It requires some intelligent reframing to make people see commonalities that they don't otherwise see. To me, the Tea Party and the Occupy movement are, in many ways, saying the same thing, but it requires a bit of imagination to...

Quotes by Anand Giridharadas

I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

Quotes by Amy Purdy

I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.

Quotes by Amy Sedaris

You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.

Quotes by Amy Sedaris

Imagination allows you to bend the rules of the temporal world.

Quotes by Amy Sherald

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from.

Quotes by Amy Tan

I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or profile a subject - skills that I assumed would be useless when it came to...

Quotes by Amy Waldman

Imagination, it turns out, is a great deal like reporting in your own head. Here is a paradox of fiction-writing. You are crafting something from nothing, which means, in one sense, that none of it is true. Yet in the...

Quotes by Amy Waldman

Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are not free to use...

Quotes by Amy Bloom

The human imagination can connect to practically anything.

Quotes by Amy Gerstler

Imagination makes us shape better stories, sure, but it also allows us to multiply possibilities.

Quotes by Amitava Kumar

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.

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