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El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.

— Francisco Goya

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Notes from Wikiquote

** The 'monsters' in this etching are bats and owls, flying around the sleeper in his dream | ** Full epigraph: Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her [reason], she [fantasy] is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels.

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