There are moments when a man’s imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.
Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
Mine is a European imagination, shaped largely by my very promiscuous reading in German, French, English and, with greater difficulty, Italian.
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.
Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.
The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.
Imagination is a funny thing – we sometimes need to see something before we can truly picture it.
The one thing about reality is sometimes it gives you material that is wilder than some of your wildest imagination could come up with.
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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.
If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.
Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one’s children is paramount.
When I was on my own in a hotel room in Romania, I had the imagination to keep myself occupied.
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Humiliating events have a way of capturing the public’s imagination. So it has been since antiquity, when gladiators were pitted against each other and the legions of Spartacus were crucified in endless rows on the way to Rome.
Few cities have been more definitely impressed upon the imagination of the world than San Francisco, this gray-hilled city on the peninsula by the hospitable bay, where Saint Francis protects the ships as he protected the birds of Assisi.
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
Essentially, I’m untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I’m going to be playing.
I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.
My imagination was a great place to escape from all the anxiety and disapproval of my life… I had to live in my head… art was a way of making myself feel better.
I particularly like Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. Both writers have wit and imagination and the breadth of stories they tell coupled with extraordinary artwork make for fascinating reading.
I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.
