Nancy Duarte Quotes

What is now proved was once only imagined.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Imagination - that's the future for us.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

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?”

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

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

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

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

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

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all.

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

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.