“Imagination led Columbus to discover America.”

— L. Frank Baum, Introduction to The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)

About L. Frank Baum

1856 – 1919

American author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization.”

“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.”

“The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”

“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.”

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.”

“Tell me not, in mournful numbers, life is but an empty dream!”

“I had a dream, which was not all a dream.”

“The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows.”