They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. Francis Bacon
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. Jessamyn West
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. James Russell Lowell
I always imagined I could be what I wanted to be. Chris Brown
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. Gilbert Parker
I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack. Simon Pegg
You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible. Rita Dove
Some stories are true that never happened. Elie Wiesel
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player. Imran Khan
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object beware of this stumbling block. Paul Gauguin
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see. Duane Michals
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. Stephen Leacock
I am better able to imagine hell than heaven it is my inheritance, I suppose. Elinor Wylie
I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant. Ursula K. Le Guin
I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally. Calvin Trillin
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. Anne Sullivan Macy
Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. L. Frank Baum
What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. Kerry Thornley
You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist. Azar Nafisi