"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."

Imagination, Memory, Now

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"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."

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"The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom."

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"What the future held for spirit, Emily could only imagine."

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"Do you know what the best and worst thing about a book is? The author can't answer all your questions, only your imagination can."

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"When you are very rational, you may not be able to dream or live in a fairy tale."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . .She is the fairies' midwife, and she comesIn shape no bigger than an agate stoneOn the forefinger of an alderman,Drawn with a team of little atomiAthwart men's noses as they lie asleep."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"And when he invented his hell, that was his heaven on earth."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"The words we construct, the poems we write and the songs we sing, become the love story of a stranger we have never seen."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Music enables mind to compose things in the outer limit of logic."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"When the imagination takes over, the second hand could be the hour hand to a creator of stories."

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"With astonishing wonder, I have seen the magic of life, the power of thoughts, and the beauty of imagination."

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"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."

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"The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom."

"What the future held for spirit, Emily could only imagine."

"Do you know what the best and worst thing about a book is? The author can't answer all your questions, only your imagination can."

"When you are very rational, you may not be able to dream or live in a fairy tale."

"O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . .She is the fairies' midwife, and she comesIn shape no bigger than an agate stoneOn the forefinger of an alderman,Drawn with a team of little atomiAthwart men's noses as they lie asleep."

"And when he invented his hell, that was his heaven on earth."

"The words we construct, the poems we write and the songs we sing, become the love story of a stranger we have never seen."

"Music enables mind to compose things in the outer limit of logic."

"When the imagination takes over, the second hand could be the hour hand to a creator of stories."

"With astonishing wonder, I have seen the magic of life, the power of thoughts, and the beauty of imagination."

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"No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters."

"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."