"No amount of skillful invenion can replace the essential element of imagination" - Edward Hopper

What comes to mind when I read this quote is that the best skill you have is your own imagination. Having the skill of invention may be useful, but what one does with that skill is also important. To me, skillful invention requires a bit of creativity and a lot of academic knowledge or common sense. However, imagination requires more. One has to be creative and be able to think of the impossible as entirely possible in any situation whatsoever. I actually have a difficult time with a quote like this because I mostly feel my answer more so than think it. I cannot always phrase it.