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Quote by John H. Vincent

“Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.”

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John H. Vincent

John H. Vincent, an American journalist, was born on February 23, 1832, and died on May 9, 1920. Known for his passion for nature and outdoor activities, he served as the editor of Harper's Magazine and had a profound impact on American literature and environmental conservation. more

“I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.”

Ifs Writing Trying Imagination Fronts Remains Depth Casts Satisfied Height Labour Again And Again Angle Try Again Breadth

Author:Ludwig van Beethoven

“The primary imagination I hold to be the living power and prime agent of all human perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I Am.”

Mind Humans Imagination Creation Eternal Perception Infinite Agents Primaries Prime Repetition Finite

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The faculty of imagination is both the rudder and the bridle of the senses.”

Imagination Senses Faculty Rudders

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“It is no small benefit on finding oneself in bed in the dark to go over again in the imagination the main lines of the forms previously studied, or other noteworthy things conceived by ingenious speculation.”

Form Imagination Lines Dark Bed Benefits Findings Oneself Speculation Ingenious Finding Oneself