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

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

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

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

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...

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

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

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

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.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

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.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

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...

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

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

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.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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.

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

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

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

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.