What great thing ever came into being that was not first fantasy?

Carl Jung, Psychological Types (1923), ch. I 'The Problem of Types in the History of Classical and Medieval Thought'

What it means

Every bridge, book and business started as something imagined. Calling fantasy childish forgets that. Daydreams are where reality gets its drafts.

The source

"What great thing ever came into being that was not first fantasy?" Carl Jung said it in Psychological Types (1923), ch. I 'The Problem of Types in the History of Classical and Medieval Thought'. Translated by H. Godwin Baynes, 1923.

"But what great thing ever came into existence that was not first phantasy?"

H. Godwin Baynes, 1923, Psychological Types (1923), ch. I 'The Problem of Types in the History of Classical and Medieval Thought'. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "What great thing ever came into being that was not first fantasy?" mean?: Every bridge, book and business started as something imagined. Calling fantasy childish forgets that. Daydreams are where reality gets its drafts.
Who said "What great thing ever came into being that was not first fantasy?"?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Psychological Types (1923), ch. I 'The Problem of Types in the History of Classical and Medieval Thought'.
What is the original wording?: But what great thing ever came into existence that was not first phantasy? (H. Godwin Baynes, 1923). Translated by H. Godwin Baynes, 1923.
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"What great thing ever came into being that was not first fantasy?" (Carl Jung, Psychological Types (1923), ch. I 'The Problem of Types in the History of Classical and Medieval Thought', trans. H. Godwin Baynes, 1923). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/what-great-thing-ever-came-into-being-that