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Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
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- Joseph Conrad
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- Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1857 to 1924; Wikidata Q82925, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82925 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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