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!

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful read more

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death

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.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

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.

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.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

And castels buylt above in lofty skies,
Which never yet had good foundation.

And castels buylt above in lofty skies,
Which never yet had good foundation.