"Build castles in the air."
— Imagination
January 1, 1970
Scroll for Details
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
Mental processes
Original Language: English
Sources
Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I, Section II. Memb. 1. Subsect. 3. Also in Romaunt of the Rose. Come nous dicimus in nubibus. (As we said in the clouds.) John Rastell, Leg Termes de la Ley. (1527). * * * his master was in a manner always in a wrong Boxe and building castels in the ayre or catching Hares with Tabers. Letter by F. A. to L. B. 1575–76. Repr. in Miscell. Antiq. Anglic.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Imagination
Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I, Section II. Memb. 1. Subsect. 3. Also in Romaunt of the Rose. Come nous dicimus in nubibus. (As we said in the clouds.) John Rastell, Leg Termes de la Ley. (1527). * * * his master was in a manner always in a wrong Boxe and building castels in the ayre or catching Hares with Tabers. Letter by F. A. to L. B. 1575–76. Repr. in Miscell. Antiq. Anglic.