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Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Imagination rules the world.
Imagination rules the world.
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.
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.
Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the
arms of a chambermaid as read more
Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the
arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
