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Definition of Imagination

Imagination

  1. The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.
  2. The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
  3. The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.
  4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Imagination Quotations

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
Albert Einstein

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Albert Einstein

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
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Imagination Translations

imagination in Afrikaans is verbeelding
imagination in Dutch is inbeelding, verbeelding
imagination in German is Vorstellung, Einbildung
imagination in Norwegian is innbilning, fantasi
imagination in Swedish is inbillning, fantasi

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