“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.”

— John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty (1929), Ch. XI

About John Dewey

1859 – 1952

American philosopher and educational reformer.

“Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.”

“Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.”

“Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.”

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.”

“Public Disputes warm the Imagination, whet the Industry, and strengthen the natural Abilities.”

“Where we find a difficulty we may always expect that a discovery awaits us. Where there is cover we hope for game.”

“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”