My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from read more

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

In my mind's eye, Horatio.

In my mind's eye, Horatio.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the read more

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable read more

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

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.