It is a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.


The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination (1951)

Wallace Stevens Quotes

It is a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.

It is a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.

It is a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.

It is a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.