Building Imaginary Worlds Quotes

“Subcreation is not just a desire, but a need and a right; it renews our vision and gives us new perspective and insight into ontological questions that might otherwise escape our notice within the default assumptions we make about reality.”
― Mark J.P. Wolf, Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation

“To develope [sic] the powers of the Creator is our proper employment—and to imitate Creativeness by combination our most exalted and self-satisfying Delight.”
― Mark J.P. Wolf, Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation

“Coleridge saw the active mind as one way in which human beings were made in God’s image:”
― Mark J.P. Wolf, Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation