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Imagination creates things that can be or can happen, whereas fantasy invents things that are not in existence, which never have been or will be. . . . Both fantasy and imagination are indispensable.

Science, literature, painting . . . only hint . . . at imaginary flights into the realm of the non-existent. In dreaming about this the major creative work is done by our fantasy. And here it is more necessary than ever to make use of means to draw what is fantastic closer to what is real: logic and continuity. . . . They help to make the impossible more probable.
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FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH A PLAY
As important an event as your acquaintance with the work of a poet, . . . this moment of your first meeting with a part should be unforgettable. . . . I attribute decisive significance to these first impressions. If the impressions are properly received, that is a great gauge of future success. The loss of this moment is irreparable because a second reading no longer contains the element of surprise so potent in the realm of intuitive creativeness. To correct a spoiled impression is more difficult than to create a proper one in the first place. One must be extraordinarily attentive to one's first acquaintance with a part because this is the first stage of creativeness.
--Creating a Role * Stanislavsky