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    Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there.

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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.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

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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.]

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These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the
melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.

These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the
melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.

by Junius Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only read more

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

by Dr. Seuss Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.

The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.

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Everything you can imagine is real. -Picasso.

Everything you can imagine is real. -Picasso.

by Picasso Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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