"You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist." ― Azar Nafisi Topic(s): Imagination More From Azar Nafisi "America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?" "This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran’s ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?" "The stories from Iran’s present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal." More In Imagination "My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people."― Patricia Highsmith "I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have."― Michel Gondry "I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of what’s going on."― Dave Attell