Imaginative Quotations

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.

For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.

What matters is the imaginative truth.

I like things that are weirdly imaginative and couldn't be real, but I also like stories that are recognizable and relatable.

Science-fiction ... can be defined as: Imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

We will destroy you,” the Flyboys droned. “You have no escape.” That was the most imaginative, threatening thing the whitecoats had programmed these ’droids to say? “Talk about lame,” Fang muttered.

Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

Personal life becomes paler as the imaginative life becomes richer.

Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind.

Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.