There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

There is nothing that human imagination can figure brilliant and enviable that human genius and skill do not aspire to realize.

It is the misfortune of those who are concerned in conducting human affairs that, however pure and capacious their own conceptions may be, they must accommodate themselves to the circumstances with which they are environed and use the instruments that are within their reach.