“Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential.”
Quote by Wallace Stevens
Work
Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose
This volume brings together a diverse range of literary pieces, including poems, plays, and prose, created by an author whose works were published after their death. more
Author
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was an American poet known for his unique modernist style and philosophical reflections. His poetry often explores the connection between abstract concepts and everyday life, and is considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. more
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Source: The Portable Voltaire
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Source: The Witness of Poetry
“Poetry is an orphan of silence.”
Source: The Uncertain Certainty: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry
“The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.”
“Bring to me, it said, continual proof / you've been alive.”
Source: The Insistence of Beauty: Poems
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Source: Poems