Imagination : (58) " The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn’t a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place. " - Matthew Sweet " I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. " - Andrew Wyeth " Without imagination, I don’t think there’s any progress. " - Margot Lee Shetterly " When I’m playing a bad guy, a lot of it is imagined: things I thought I wanted to do, but I never would do them. " - Emory Cohen " Think of the imagination as a giant stone from which we carve out new ideas. As we chip away, our new ideas become more polished and refined. But if you start by editing your imagination, you start with a tiny stone. " - Brian Chesky " It was really a magical moment, to see this idea that’s in your head. " - Michael Arad " It would be easier for people to grasp that gender, sex, and sexual orientation are different things if we had as much imagination in real life as we do when we are making our movies. " - Yance Ford " If you just storyboard something, you’ve already planned it, and you’re stuck in the limitations of your imagination. " - Daniel Espinosa " Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people. " - Ruth Handler " My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations. " - Laura Lippman