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

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Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

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...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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.

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

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

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

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

Good luck beats early rising

Good luck beats early rising

Luck never gives; it only lends

Luck never gives; it only lends