The above mentioned elements are, in my case, of visual and some muscular type. Conventional words or other signs have to be sought for laboriously only in a second stage, when the mentioned associative play is sufficiently established and can be reproduced at will. When I examine myself and my methods of thought I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing knowledge. Creative imagination is the vital factor in all of them, and I was fortunate to learn this at an early age. I rarely think in words at all.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.