Barbara Hambly Quotes

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

All innovation begins with vision. It’s what happens next that is critical.

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.

It is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, ‘progress’ would become mechanical and trivial.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

Dream more than others think practical.

The world has always gone forward when people have dared to have crazy ideas.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.

Never lose this innovation spirit.

Innovation happens everywhere.

Creating the future is incredibly exciting. When you talk about ideas and creativity, it's really about having that vision in your mind of how the world could be better, of how it could be a brighter place.

Through imagination, we can visit the past, contemplate the present, and anticipate the future. We can also do something else of profound and unique significance. We can create.

I think imaginative exercises can have a profound impact on the future - what you can imagine can sometimes turn into something you can figure out how to build.

Imagination is the source of all human achievement.

Artists are in the imagining/ prototyping business. Society needs people to be out there thinking of what might be. That cannot be something we just delegate to politicians or technologists.

Small ideas that turn into big ideas - that really inspires me.

Creativity involves putting your imagination to work. In a sense, creativity is applied imagination.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

Common sense means living in the world as it is today; but creative people are people who don't want the world as it is today but want to make another world.

If you don't have a vision you're going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you've already seen.

Progress is often just a good idea away.

We know that dreams fuel innovation.