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"I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated."

Terry Pratchett on Imagination

More quotes about Imagination

  • "Imagination is more important than knowledge."

    Albert Einstein on Imagination

  • "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."

    Dr. Seuss on Imagination

  • "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

    Albert Einstein on Imagination

  • "I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty."

    Albert Einstein on Imagination

  • "Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?"

    Sun Tzu on Imagination

More quotes by Terry Pratchett

  • "It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone."

  • "There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. I've been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony."

  • "In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper."

  • "In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper."

  • "The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop."

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