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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition read more
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et
n'a pas de pieds.]
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
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.
Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be read more
Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing-are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to invent, and therefore to foster, civilization.
The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.
The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.
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!