Quotation by

John Burroughs

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

Imagination

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

John Burroughs is saying that it’s acceptable to use creativity when interpreting real information, but it’s wrong to create information entirely from your imagination. In other words, facts should guide your ideas, not be invented or made up.

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