Jim Woodring

Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning.

American Artist

Hermann Hesse

It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.

German Novelist

William Godwin

In contemplation and reverie, one thought introduces another perpetually; and it is by similarity, or the hooking of one upon the other, that the process of thinking is carried on.

English Writer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

French Philosopher

James Douglas

It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.

Leader

Antoine Rivarol

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

French Journalist

Andrew Carnegie

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Scottish Businessman

John Locke

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

English Philosopher

Victor Hugo

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

French Author

William Ellery Channing

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

American Writer

Use 'reverie' to describe a pleasant distraction from the present moment.

Mental Escape

'Reverie' often implies being snapped back to reality by an interruption.

Interrupted Daydream

In music, 'reverie' can describe pieces that are free-flowing and evoke a dream-like atmosphere.

Musical Dreaminess

'Reverie' in music signifies a piece that allows for personal reflection or daydreaming.

Reflective Sound

Use 'reverie' when imagining something more creative or far-fetched than a normal daydream.

Creative Fantasy

'Reverie' can be used in literature to show characters' deep thoughts and desires.

Literary Device

'Reverie' can underscore a character's imaginative or unrealistic ideas about the future.

Visionary Notions

 pushing folk and musical boundaries to draw out the rawness of pagan ritual. Stravinsky brought this reverie to life in collaboration with artist Nicholas Roerich. Roerich was obsessed with prehistoric times. He had published essays about human sacrifice

The ballet that incited...

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Reverie

Mental Escape

Interrupted Daydream

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