My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination read more

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -Thomas Edison.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -Thomas Edison.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

When I could not sleep for cold
I had fire enough in my brain,
And builded with read more

When I could not sleep for cold
I had fire enough in my brain,
And builded with roofs of gold
My beautiful castles in Spain!

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of read more

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste.
[Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne
Geschmack.]

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste.
[Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne
Geschmack.]