The dream has to be translated into reality. — Anaïs Nin · Smartyfair

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The dream has to be translated into reality. — Anaïs Nin · Smartyfair

The dream has to be translated into reality.

Anaïs Nin1903–1977 · writer · 1900s France & USAAnaïs Nin was a French-American writer best known for her extensive personal diaries, kept for over sixty years, which explored her inner life, relationships, and creativity with remarkable honesty.7 quotes

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A dream is only the beginning. The real work is turning it into something you can see and touch.

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What turned up: The Novel of the Future (1969), her book of essays on writing and imagination.
Work: The Novel of the Future (1969)
Occasion: 1969 · from her essays on how imagination becomes finished work
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-fable-5, 22 August 2026Sourced to The Novel of the Future (1969) — her own critical prose, her own voice; complete sentence, stands alone in Wikiquote's sourced section for the work.

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