I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.
Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like greater steps toward faith and imagination, each with a payoff. Like cognitive training exercises.
I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
See that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
