Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.