#magi

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. ↗

— Simone Weil

#because #compulsions #conscious #crowd #dynamic

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#art #art world #calls #chinese #create

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ↗

— James Welch

#also #anyone #become #bit #could

There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#daily #destiny #easily #imagination #level

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#any #appear #care #context #courage

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#conversation #last #refuge #unimaginative #weather

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning. ↗

— Dar Williams

#does #i #i think #learning #magic

There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical. ↗

— Ian Williams

#economical #know #magical #nicely #something

I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.' ↗

— Jayson Williams

#all-star game #atlanta #down #game #here

Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#death #fear #large #me #never