Imagined

Famous quotes containing the word imagined:

“Clandestine steps upon imagined stairs
Climb through the night, because his cuckoos call.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“Thus with imagined wing our swift scene flies
In motion of no less celerity
Than that of thought.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged to exaggerate it. The actual height and breadth of a mountain or a waterfall are always ridiculously small; they are the imagined only that content us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)