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As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make- believe continues into adulthood.
from It’s Not Easy Being Green by Jim Henson
Symbolism was largely a reaction against naturalism and realism, anti-idealistic styles which were attempts to represent reality in its gritty particularity, and to elevate the humble and the ordinary over the ideal. Symbolism was a reaction in favour of spirituality,...
Source: Symbolism (movement)
How do you balance science with science fiction? They're both the same.
Source: Astronomy magazine asks William Shatner about science
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science
Indeed, imagination, linked to the right brain, is one of the central pillars of the esoteric tradition. As the historian of esotericism Antoine Faivre writes, imagination is “a kind of organ of the soul, thanks to which humanity can establish...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Did we create a modern myth? Did we imagine half of it?
Source: A Modern Myth by 30 Seconds to Mars
If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it - Anything you want to, do it - Want to change the world? There's nothing to it
Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep - Because my dreams are bursting at the seams
These dreams go on when I close my eyes - Every second of the night, I live another life
Source: These Dreams by Heart
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us - And the world will be as one
Source: Imagine by John Lennon
Make believe I'm everywhere - Given in the light Written on the pages is the answer to a never ending story
Source: The NeverEnding Story by Limahl
Here and now, under the banner of heaven we dream out loud - Dream out loud
Source: Do or Die by 30 Seconds to Mars
Tell those dreamers, they can dream up all they like in this place
Source: Superhuman Touch by Athlete
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round
Source: The Fool On The Hill by The Beatles
Reach the stars, fly a fantasy - Dream a dream, and what you see will be
Source: The NeverEnding Story by Limahl
A new world is over me, so I'll reach UP to the sky and pretend that I'm a spaceman
Source: Spaceman by 4 Non Blondes
Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination - Take a look and you'll see into your imagination
Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka
Slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find, a better place to play
Source: Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Source: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
A whole new world A new fantastic point of view
Source: A Whole New World by Brad Kane & Lea Salonga
Unleash your imagination - Two stars one constellation - Bright lights just to guide the way - Can you see, what I see in you?
Source: One Minute More by Capital Cities
My Friends Would Think I Was a Nut
When the human race learns to read the language of symbolism, a great veil will fall from the eyes of men.
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More
The world is spinning, turning day to night, and my thoughts are running at the speed of light.
We’ll Begin With a Spin
Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.
