"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."

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"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."

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"I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings."

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"The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older."

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"At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration."

Chris Van Allsburg, American Author

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