There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality that it makes things happen.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality and not according to imagination.

Imagination creates reality.

The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is in the end the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

The world of reality has its limits the world of imagination is boundless.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality and instead of thinking how things may be to see them as they are.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination as I try to do.

We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

First comes thought then organization of that thought into ideas and plans then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning as you will observe is in your imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

My sense of humor is a turkey and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.

One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.

Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality reality and substance.

Hope is the denial of reality.

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.

It is difficult to say what is impossible for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.

It is only hope which is real and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.