The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking. -
To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup. -
I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening. -
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. -
It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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- I cannot say whether things will get better if we change what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
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