“It is unwise to equate scientific activity with what we call reason, poetic activity with what we call imagination. Without the imaginative leap from facts to generalisation, no theoretic discovery in science is made. The poet, on the other hand, must not imagine but reason--that is to say, he must exercise a great deal of consciously directed thought in the selection and rejection of his data: there is a technical logic, a poetic reasoning in his choice of the words, rhythms and images by which a poem's coherence is achieved.” MadeReasonFactsHandsSciencePoetryChoicesImaginationDealsImaginePoetExerciseActivityDiscoveryLogicRhythmDataRejectionReasoningPoeticLeapSelectionImaginativeUnwiseCoherenceDiscovery In ScienceGeneralisation Author:Cecil Day-Lewis
“All the preparation in the world doesn't avail you if you can't make that imaginative leap and put yourself in the position of the characters you've created, to imagine what it's like to be somebody else.” IfsWorldCharacterImaginePositionPreparationLeapImaginative Author:Michael Chabon
“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.” ThinkingSometimesTurnsImagineFiguresExerciseImpactProfoundImaginative Author:Vinton Cerf
“That requires quite an imaginative leap because it's hard for me to imagine that my biography would be of much interest to anyone, and because I'm a fairly private person, the notion doesn't appeal to me.” PersonsHardWould BeInterestImagineNotionAppealsLeapImagine ThatBiographiesImaginativeMy Biography Author:Debra Dean