There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that
it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen, whether it be a political thing or a
social thing or a work of art.
—Sean Ó Faolain
8
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you
imagine; and at last you create what you will.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1921
In the war against Reality man has one weapon - Imagination.
—Jules de Gaultier
9
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1819
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.
—Pablo Picasso, 1957
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as
wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
—Tom Stoppard, 1972
Only a fool is scornful of the commonplace.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1939
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the
room.
—William Hazlitt, 1852
No one is so keen to gather ever new impressions as those who do not know how to process
the old ones.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893
In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner.
—John Ruskin, 1860
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Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.
—Evelyn Waugh, 1976
There are two kinds of art: (1) decorative, nonobjective, wallpaper art; and (2) art with a
moral purpose.
—Edward Abbey, 1990
8
As quoted, without a date, in several reputable sources, starting not later than 1978, i.e. during
author’s lifetime.
9
As quoted, without a date, in many sources, starting not later than 1935, i.e. during author’s
lifetime.
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it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen, whether it be a political thing or a
social thing or a work of art.
—Sean Ó Faolain
8
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you
imagine; and at last you create what you will.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1921
In the war against Reality man has one weapon - Imagination.
—Jules de Gaultier
9
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1819
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.
—Pablo Picasso, 1957
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as
wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
—Tom Stoppard, 1972
Only a fool is scornful of the commonplace.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1939
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the
room.
—William Hazlitt, 1852
No one is so keen to gather ever new impressions as those who do not know how to process
the old ones.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893
In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner.
—John Ruskin, 1860
***
Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.
—Evelyn Waugh, 1976
There are two kinds of art: (1) decorative, nonobjective, wallpaper art; and (2) art with a
moral purpose.
—Edward Abbey, 1990
8
As quoted, without a date, in several reputable sources, starting not later than 1978, i.e. during
author’s lifetime.
9
As quoted, without a date, in many sources, starting not later than 1935, i.e. during author’s
lifetime.
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