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Source: Henderson the Rain King (1959) [Viking/Penguin, 1984, ISBN 0-140-07269-1], ch. XVIII, p. 271
“The imagination is one of the forces of nature.”
Opus Posthumous (1955), Adagia
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Arthur Schopenhauer
(1788–1860) German philosopher
Es gibt nur eine Heilkraft, und das ist die Natur; in Salben und Pillen steckt keine. Höchstens können sie der Heilkraft der Natur einen Wink geben, wo etwas für sie zu tun ist.
Neue Paralipomena
Essays
Paul Gauguin
(1848–1903) French Post-Impressionist artist
Source: 1870s - 1880s, The Writings of a Savage (1996), p. 39: 'Huysmans and Redon', (written in 1889, published 1953)
John Banville
(1945) Irish writer
John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black (2011)
Karl Marx
(1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
Grundrisse (1857-1858)
Source: Introduction, p. 30.
“If you want to become a force of nature, you need to interact with the forces of nature.”
Erwan Le Corre
(1971)
Source: The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom (2019), p. 60
“For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.”
Pectus est enim quod disertos facit, et vis mentis.
Quintilian
(35–96) ancient Roman rhetor
Book X, Chapter VII, 15
De Institutione Oratoria (c. 95 AD)
“Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality.”
James Cameron
(1954) Canadian film director
Address http://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy.html/ to the 2010 TED conference (13 February 2010)
Context: Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. … Don’t put limitations on yourself. Other people will do that for you. Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t bet against yourself. And take risk. NASA has this phrase that they like, "Failure is not an option." But failure has to be an option. In art and exploration, failure has to be an option. Because it is a leap of faith. And no important endeavour that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks. … In whatever you are doing, failure is an option. But fear is not.