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.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces read more

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.

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.

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.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling read more

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real read more

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

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.