Quote by Francis Bacon

Images also help me find and realise ideas. I look at hundreds of very different, contrasting images and I pinch details from them, rather like people who eat from other people

Images also help me find and realise ideas. I look at hundre

Summary

This quote suggests that images play a crucial role in the process of generating and understanding ideas. The speaker mentions that they engage with a diverse range of images, even ones that are contrasting, and extract specific elements or details from them. This act of "pinching details" from various images is likened to the way people gather inspiration or knowledge from others. Essentially, the quote implies that images serve as a valuable resource for sparking and developing ideas, similar to how humans learn from each other's experiences or insights.

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Imagination

By Francis Bacon

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