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That is what poetry can do It speaks to us

1. “That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.”

Poetry, Idealism, Imagination, Artistic Truth, Transcendence

The moment there is imagination there is myth

2. “The moment there is imagination, there is myth.”

Imagination, Myth, Creativity, Culture, Philosophy

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations

3. “Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature.”

Pornography, Freedom, Society, Imagination, Nature

Incarnation the limitation of mind by matter is an outrage

4. “Incarnation, the limitation of mind by matter, is an outrage to the imagination.”

Philosophy, Mind, Matter, Imagination, Limitations

The only antidote to the magic of images is the

5. “The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words.”

Language, Art, Imagination, Philosophy, Expression

Reunion with the mother is a siren call haunting our

6. “Reunion with the mother is a siren call haunting our imagination. Once there was bliss, and now there is struggle. Dim memories of life before the traumatic separation of birth may be the source of Arcadian fantasies of a lost golden age.”

Psychology, Motherhood, Imagination, Trauma, Philosophy

If carrots got you drunk rabbits would be messed-up

7. “If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up.”

Carrots, Drunk, Rabbits, Humor, Imagination

I sometimes close my eyes during a show because I

8. “I sometimes close my eyes during a show because I have drawn a picture of an audience enjoying the show more on the back of my eyelids.”

Audience, Show, Imagination, Humor, Vision

I hate dreaming because when you want to sleep you

9. “I hate dreaming because when you want to sleep, you want to sleep. Dreaming is work. Next thing you know, I have to build a go-cart with my ex-landlord.”

Dreams, Sleep, Work, Imagination, Funny

The true poet dreams being awake

10. “The true poet dreams being awake.”

Poetry, Imagination, Vision, Creativity, Expression

While childhood and while dreams producing childhood shall be left

11. “While childhood, and while dreams, producing childhood, shall be left, imagination shall not have spread her holy wings totally to fly the earth.”

Childhood, Dreams, Imagination, Innocence, Creativity

We love to chew the cud of a foregone vision;

12. “We love to chew the cud of a foregone vision; to collect the scattered rays of a brighter phantasm, or act over again, with firmer nerves, the sadder nocturnal tragedies.”

Memory, Reflection, Dreams, Nostalgia, Imagination

The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever

13. “The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever.”

Imagination, Creativity, Thought, Wandering, Freedom

I love to lose myself in other men’s minds

14. “I love to lose myself in other men’s minds.”

Reading, Learning, Imagination, Knowledge, Reflection

Only the dreamer shall understand realities though in truth his

15. “Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.”

Margaret Fuller

Dreamer, Reality, Imagination, Understanding, Vision

Imagine how weird phones would look if your mouth was

16. “Imagine how weird phones would look if your mouth was nowhere near your ears.”

Phones, Design, Communication, Imagination, Humor

I donated my body to science fiction

17. “I donated my body to science... fiction.”

Science, Fiction, Donation, Imagination, Humor

What would a chair look like if your knees bent

18. “What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?”

Anatomy, Imagination, Design, Innovation, Humor

Last night I fell asleep in a satellite dish My

19. “Last night I fell asleep in a satellite dish. My dreams were broadcast all over the world.”

Dreams, Satellite, Imagination, Broadcasting, Humor

I went to this restaurant last night that was set

20. “I went to this restaurant last night that was set up like a big buffet in the shape of an Ouija board. You’d think about what kind of food you want, and the table would move across the floor to it.”

Restaurant, Ouija, Supernatural, Imagination, Humor

When I was a fetus I used to sneak out

21. “When I was a fetus, I used to sneak out at night when my mother was sleeping. I figured I should start stealing stuff while I still had no fingerprints.”

Baby, Crime, Imagination, Childhood, Humor

I put tape on the mirrors in my house so

22. “I put tape on the mirrors in my house so I don’t accidentally walk through into another dimension.”

Mirrors, Imagination, Dimensions, Creativity, Humor

I feel very lucky to make a living from my

23. “I feel very lucky to make a living from my imagination; I’m very grateful for that. I like that what I do is create. I’m feeling very lucky to have had the career I had. It’s gone much longer and bigger than I ever thought it would be.”

Creativity, Imagination, Gratitude, Career, Success

When I was five years old I was on a

24. “When I was five years old I was on a merry-go-round. There was a gunshot nearby. The horses stampeded. There I was running down the street on a purple wooden horse.”

Childhood, Imagination, Humor, Absurdity, Memory

If a cow laughed would milk come out her nose?

25. “If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?”

Animals, Humor, Wordplay, Curiosity, Imagination

When I was a kid I went to the store

26. “When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, “Do you have any toy train schedules?””

Childhood, Playfulness, Humor, Imagination, Absurdity

The other day when I was walking through the woods

27. “The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.”

Imagination, Nature, Surreal, Shadows, Observation

I’m moving to Mars next week so if you have

28. “I’m moving to Mars next week, so if you have any boxes.”

Space, Absurdity, Moving, Humor, Imagination

I like to fill my tub up with water then

29. “I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I’m in a submarine that’s been hit.”

Imagination, Play, Absurdity, Water, Humor

I just have a relationship with my imagination It’s like

30. “I just have a relationship with my imagination. It’s like my friend, almost.”

Imagination, Creativity, Friendship, Mind, Humor