The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.

Quote by Cynthia Ozick

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Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of...

Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of...

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be...

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be...

We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection is taken as a full-scale...

We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection is taken as a full-scale...

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

Traveling is seeing; it is the implicit that we travel by.

Traveling is seeing; it is the implicit that we travel by.

After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.

After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

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

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

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microspically thin line between...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microspically thin line between...

In that way imagination and intelligence enter into our existence in the part of servants...

In that way imagination and intelligence enter into our existence in the part of servants...

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...

You are indebted to your imagination for three-fourths of your importance.

You are indebted to your imagination for three-fourths of your importance.

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this...

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this...

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.

No shadow without light.

No shadow without light.

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

Some people have active imaginations, but they don't know me and they're wrong if they...

Some people have active imaginations, but they don't know me and they're wrong if they...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that...

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that...

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.