Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

Quote by Marguerite Blessington

Topics: Writers Quotes

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings...

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings...

Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not...

Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who...

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Someone has to die so that President Nixon won't be, and these are his words,...

Someone has to die so that President Nixon won't be, and these are his words,...

To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination.

To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination.

Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped...

Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

Imagination is the air of mind

Imagination is the air of mind

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.