"Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination."

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"The great requisite … for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination."

— William Hazlitt

Literature1778–1830

#creativity

"Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with or opposed to ignorance. Knowledge does verily destroy ignorance as light destroys deep darkness."

— Adi Shankara

Religion

#knowledge

"From praise comes joy, from joy – strength, from strength – virtue, from virtue – purity and from purity comes realization of one’s full potential."

— Leon MacLaren

Philosophy1910–1994

#ethics

"Donner: Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art."

— Tom Stoppard

Literature1937–2025

#art