Famous Quotes

"One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm."

Ella Maillart 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 Ella Maillart

• "The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself."

• "Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance."

• "I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it."

• "Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive."

• "You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself."