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What is now proved was once only imagined.

William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790)

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This line comes from the 'Proverbs of Hell' in William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Blake — poet, painter and engraver — trusted imagination as a form of knowledge, not its opposite. Every proven fact, every built bridge and tested theory, began as something someone first pictured in the mind.

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William Blake, Cennet ile Cehennemin Evliliği (1790)

Bu dize William Blake'in Cennet ile Cehennemin Evliliği yapıtındaki 'Cehennemin Özdeyişleri'nden gelir. Şair, ressam ve gravürcü olan Blake, hayal gücünü bilginin karşıtı değil, bir bilme biçimi olarak görürdü. Kanıtlanmış her olgu, kurulmuş her köprü ve sınanmış her kuram, önce birinin zihninde canlandırdığı bir şey olarak başladı.

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