Henry Darger (1892-1973) - from The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion
"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
"The Possible's slow fuse is lit
By the Imagination."
"I shut my eyes in order to see."
"Imagination is intelligence with an erection."
"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"
Leonardo da Vinci
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"The Possible's slow fuse is lit
By the Imagination."
Emily Dickinson
"I shut my eyes in order to see."
Paul Gauguin
"Imagination is intelligence with an erection."
Victor Hugo
