“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
~ Sir Francis Bacon, b. 22 January 1561
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“I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.”
~ Billy Connolly, b. 24 November 1942
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J.G. Ballard (born 15 November 1930, died 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction. His best-known books are Crash and the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun, made into a film by Steven Spielberg, based on Ballard’s boyhood during the Second World War.
His work has given rise to the adjective ‘Ballardian’, defined by the Collins English Dictionary as ‘resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard’s novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments’.
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Sam Shepard, born 5 November 1943, is an author, playwright, actor and director. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Right Stuff.
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“My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.”
~ John Keats, b. 31 October 1795
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“Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.”
~ Christopher Isherwood, b. 26 August 1904
“I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.”
~ Billy Connolly, b. 24 November 1942
pinterest.com/pin/39406565463182703/
J.G. Ballard (born 15 November 1930, died 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction. His best-known books are Crash and the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun, made into a film by Steven Spielberg, based on Ballard’s boyhood during the Second World War.
His work has given rise to the adjective ‘Ballardian’, defined by the Collins English Dictionary as ‘resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard’s novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments’.
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Sam Shepard, born 5 November 1943, is an author, playwright, actor and director. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Right Stuff.
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