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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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"Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay forever."
"I mean, public libraries like this one were always short of money, so building even the tiniest of labyrinths had to be beyond their means."
"A tree house, to me, is the most royal palace in the world."
"The world cannot be translated, It can only be dreamed of and touched."
"There was a moment of silence as they imagined a future in which there existed an organisation that stole imagination for, undoubtedly, a sinister plan."
"Dream is the realm most people live their life."
"This is the creature there has never been.They never knew it, and yet, none the less,they loved the way it moved, its suppleness,its neck, its very gaze, mild and serene.Not there, because they loved it, it behavedas though it were. They always left some space.And in that clear unpeopled space they savedit lightly reared its head, with scarce a traceof not being there. They fed it, not with corn,but only with the possibilityof being. And that was able to confersuch strength, its brow put forth a horn. One horn.within the silver mirror and in her."
"All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination."
"You're afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep, and dreams are a part of sleep. When you're awake you can suppress imagination. But you can't suppress dreams."
"Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out."
Explore more quotes by Edgar Degas
"No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters."
"What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming."
"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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