Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
-G. K. Chesterton
Quotations
Imagination
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
-Henry David Thoreau
Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will.
-John Green
"Paper Towns"
Imagination is a quality given to a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour is provided to console him for what he is.
-Oscar Wilde
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
-Pablo Picasso
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
-Joseph Joubert
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
-Thomas A. Edison
Don't expect anything original from an echo.
-Anonymous
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life.
-Simone Weil
I think I’m an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy; those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.
-Susan Sarandon "Susan Sarandon"
