This world is but a canvas... A quote often attributed to Henry David Thoreau
Biography - Henry David Thoreau:
American essayist, poet and philosopher, best known for Walden (a record of his two‑year stay in the woods, during which he lived a simple life close to nature) and for his essay on civil disobedience.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
Note
Quote source: Quote of uncertain origin. No reliable source confirms that Henry David Thoreau is the author. The phrase remains nevertheless appreciated and shared for its meaning.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about the world:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
Quotes for: imagination
Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.
All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
Henry David Thoreau also said...
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