Terry Tempest Williams Quotes

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible.

All you need is your own imagination. So use it that's what it's for.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

My goal is to get people thinking and trying to wrap their heads around the amazing things that have been achieved and to dream about what will be achieved.

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.

Imagination - that's the future for us.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Some men see things as they are and say “Why?” I dream things that never were and say, “Why not?”

I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.

The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.

Almost everything interesting hasn't been invented yet.

Without imagination, I don't think there's any progress.

Creating a future requires a profound and yes, unrealistic, vision of what is possible. But it is fantasy and wonder that drive technology and innovation.

There are a few chances in life where you get to take a different road. I think it's important to stay creative, look at the moment, and look at the future.