“If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it.” IfsRealUniverseSpaceImagineRealisticBeing RealReproducing Author:Alexander Calder
“In science fiction, we dream. In order to colonize in space, to rebuild our cities, which are so far out of whack, to tackle any number of problems, we must imagine the future, including the new technologies that are required.” ProblemDreamOrderSpaceNumbersCitiesFictionTechnologyImagineScience FictionIncludingNew Technology Author:Ray Bradbury
“Imagine a revised edition of Shakespeare... a big, thick book with an elegant cover... You open it and find that there are no pages, just an empty box of space. On the back wall of the box is a small mirror. You look into it, see yourself, and now you know all you need to know about Shakespeare.” KnowsNeedsLooksBookBigsSpaceImagineWallPagesEmptyMirrorsBoxesOver YouThickElegant Author:Carter Ratcliff
“The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.” StillsFeelingsLightMightWould BeSpaceImagineAirAtheismEasierEmptyPositive AtheismResistanceFlightImagine ThatDoveEmpty SpaceCleaving Book:Kant Source: Kant
“...It's all sort of dreams and it's all illusion. It's theater; it's not real. We're making up stories, you know, and people tend to run into you and believe you are your characters. And I suppose the funny thing is the longer you go, you do become sort of some version of [your characters]. You both diverge from them - you know - you live, but you also permanently inhabit that geography and that mental space - and so you do morph a little bit. We do become what we imagine.” PeopleKnowsBelieveLittlesRealCharacterStoriesWisdomDreamRealityRunningBitsCommunitySpaceHistoryImagineGenerationsHuman NatureLittle BitIllusionTheaterIndividualityVersionsIdeologyGeographyFunny ThingsMaking Up Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I think going into space would be like going deep into the ocean, like 5,000 meters down. When you go down that far, it's just awfully black. There's not much there except mud and some particles. I imagine space would be a similar thing. The only difference is you're hoping to bump into some sort of intelligent extraterritorial being.” ThinkingWould BeBlackDifferencesSpaceImagineOceanIntelligentMudParticlesBumpsMeter Author:Ridley Scott
“Virtual Reality is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life. Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures.” PeopleMomentsFeelingsRealitySpaceImagineShareAdventureCommunicationOnlinePlatformsPeople In Your LifeVirtual Reality Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.” PeopleTryingSometimesNightSpaceAnswersClearImagineCommunicationAreasPatternsInvisibleMake SenseCodeMultipleTranslationsSpace BetweenMisinterpretation Author:Taryn Simon
“It was hard to become an astronaut. Not anywhere near as much physical training as people imagine, but a lot of mental training, a lot of learning. You have to learn everything there is to know about the Space Shuttle and everything you are going to be doing, and everything you need to know if something goes wrong, and then once you have learned it all, you have to practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice until everything is second nature, so it's a very, very difficult training, and it takes years.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsYearsHardDifficultSpacePracticeImagineTrainingAstronautSpace ShuttlePhysical Training Author:Sally Ride
“The view of earth is spectacular from space. Most people imagine that when astronauts look out the window of the shuttle they see the whole earth like that big blue marble that was made famous by the flights that went to the moon. But the shuttle is much, much closer than those astronauts were. So we don't see the whole planet, the whole ball at once, we just see parts of it.” PeopleLooksMadeWholeBigsEarthSpaceViewsImaginePlanetsMoonWindowBallsBlueFlightImagine ThatSpectacularAstronautMarble Author:Sally Ride
“...Which brings me to the Hubble Space Telescope's newest images. If it's wonder that you're looking for, and mystery, don't just scan the photographs. Stop and think about them. Try to imagine the scale. The Earth is just a speck of dust on one distant whirling tentacle of the Milky Way galaxy, which contains billions of stars. A 'collision' of galaxies seems unimaginably large - and yet it is something scientists long ago imagined... The imaginings of pseudoscience are feeble by comparison.” IfsThinkingWayTryingLongSeemsEarthStarsSpaceWonderImagineMysteryEvolutionScientistPhotographBillionsScalesDustComparisonLong AgoGalaxyTelescopesCollisionSpecksPseudoscienceMilky WayTentaclesHubbleHubble Space Telescope Author:Mark Bowden
“The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine.” EarthBeautifulSpaceImagineTreeSizeChristmasAstronautMarbleOrnamentsBlacknessChristmas TreeBeautiful Earth Author:James Irwin
“More and more I think of privatisation as being not just about the takeover of resources and power by corporate interests, but as the retreat of citizens to private life and private space, screened from solidarity with strangers and increasingly afraid or even unable to imagine acting in public.” ThinkingInterestSpaceActingImagineCitizensResourcesStrangerCorporateSolidarityRetreatPrivate LifeTakeovers Author:Rebecca Solnit
“If you look at the end of the movie [Monsegnor Lahzar], I give a lot of space to what the spectator can also imagine of what's going to be Bachir's life afterwards. So, there's the restraint part, and there's the fact that the story is happening in the school which allowed me to tackle all these subjects without making it too didactic, because in the school everything happens.” IfsGivingLooksEndsFactsStoriesHappensSchoolSpaceImagineSubjectsHappeningsThings HappenRestraintSpectatorsDidactic Author:Philippe Falardeau
“Inevitably our opinions cover a bigger space, a longer reach of time, a greater number of things, than we can directly observe. They have, therefore, to be pieced together out of what others have reported and what we can imagine.” TogetherSpaceNumbersOpinionGreaterImagineBigger Book:Public Opinion Source: Public Opinion
“You know what I like best about looking at the stars? Not the stars themselves, but all those empty spaces between the stars. That's where I can imagine traveling for ever and ever. That's where I can imagine infinity.” KnowsI CanStarsSpaceImagineEmptyInfinitySpace BetweenEmpty Space Author:T.A. Barron
“Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government.” CountryProblemGovernmentSpaceImagineIncrediblesDefenseResolveSoapHumiliatingPowderToothpasteSputnikPantyhose Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Having a safe space to imagine and dream and (re)invent yourself is the first step to being happy and successful, whatever road you choose to pursue.” FirstsDreamSpaceStepsSuccessfulImagineSafePursueYou ChooseFirst StepsSafe Space Author:Ashley Bryan