Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Skill Quotes

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.