Who said "To imagine is the first step toward creation."?

This quote is attributed to Niccolò Copernicus.

To imagine is the first step toward creation. - Niccolò Copernicus

"To imagine is the first step toward creation."

Niccolò Copernicus Imagination

Astronomer Mathematician Cleric Polish 1473–1543

"Astronomy is not impious. To know the works of nature is to know the wisdom of God."

"I am not so enamored with my own opinions that I disregard what others have thought."

"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."

"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."

"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge."

"The world is full of wonders if you know where to look."

"You have the imagination of a child, Lucy"

"The world is full of mysteries waiting to be solved."