There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination on a film, then I get to show you my imagination in a big dumb character. Idris Elba
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. Henry George
I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator. Joe Rogan
It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. Ursula K. Le Guin
My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Tom Waits
The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure. Ben Okri
Politics is the enemy of the imagination. Ian Mcewan
True intelligence requires fabulous imagination. Ian Mcewan
As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie. John Hawkes
What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. Wynton Marsalis
I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. Andrew Wyeth
I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth and then I can fly free. Andrew Wyeth
My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. Richard Russo
I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind. Brit Marling
All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. Tommy Lee Jones
You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, it's so crushing. Kevin Smith
All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Wislawa Szymborska
My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people. Patricia Highsmith
The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. Ai Weiwei