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No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. – Edward Hopper

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I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds. – Edward Hopper

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There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions. – Edward Hopper

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I am better able to imagine hell than heaven it is my inheritance, I suppose. – Elinor Wylie

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Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses. – David E. Kelley

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Ive got quite a vivid imagination and Im easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I dont think Ive ever seen a ghost – I think Im probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones. – Florence Welch

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Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your minds eye. Thats an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition. – Joshua Foer

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Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! – Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

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