Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. Vladimir Nabokov
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. Vladimir Nabokov
Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether. Luis Bunuel
Works of imagination should be written in very plain language the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. Adam Smith
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. Joseph Conrad
If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. Karl Kraus
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine the Great
I don't want to discredit people's individuality, but I think people are pretty much the same. People are very similar. If you have a good enough imagination then you can feel things that you personally have never done before. That's acting. Kristen Stewart
My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it. They said that I couldn't be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead. Nicole Kidman
If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors. Jason Statham
What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula. Doris Lessing
I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me. Meryl Streep
One longs for a director with a sense of imagination. Alan Rickman
We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark. Wallace Stevens
I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be. Billy Connolly
I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world. Robert Carlyle