A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
Abba EbanRead
Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Imagination is a powerful tool that allows us to interact with and enhance our understanding of reality.
In this quote, Irving Howe emphasizes that imagination is not a mere escape from reality, but rather a means of engaging with and enriching our experiences within the real world. It suggests that creativity and imagination play a vital role in how we perceive and navigate reality, allowing us to interact with it more profoundly.
Themes
ImaginationRealityEngagementCreativityPhilosophy
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about creativity in the workplace, this quote can inspire colleagues to embrace imaginative thinking.
Similar quotes
Of course there are people who think of 'heaven' as a kind of pie-in-the-sky dream of an afterlife to make the thought of dying less awful. No doubt that's a problem as old as the human race.
N. T. WrightRead
Civilisation is partly about restraining the male of the species from engaging in the violence of the hunter-gatherer period. But it doesn't take an awful lot to unleash it.
Niall FergusonRead
Human progress planned as alternatives (to God's plan) introduce in justice, evil and violence rising against the divine plan of justice and salvation. And despite transitory and apparent successes, they are reduced to simple machinations destined to dissolution and failure.
Pope John Paul IiRead
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
Orson WellesRead
Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith.
Yevgeny ZamyatinRead