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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the read more
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
 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.] 
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze
I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I read more
I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
 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. 
 His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled 
him to run, though not to soar.  
 His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled 
him to run, though not to soar.