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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!
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to
the conclusion that the gift of read more
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to
the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than
my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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.