Quotation by

Caspar David Friedrich

Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.

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Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Friedrich is saying that you should first imagine or understand your goal or vision internally, using your inner awareness rather than relying on physical observation. After clearly picturing this inner vision, you should then express or create it in the real world so that the external result influences and shapes your inner self.

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