Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and eve…

Oliver Sacks
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Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination. ✨ Oliver Sacks (2011). Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, p.127, Pan Macmillan
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