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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for
absorbing positive knowledge.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for
absorbing positive knowledge.
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.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing
There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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.]