So that's life, then: things are they are?
It picks its way on the blue guitar.
A million people on one string?
And all their manner in the thing,
And all their manner, right and wrong,
And all their manner, weak and strong?
And that's life, then: things as they are,
This buzzing of the blue guitar.


The Man With the Blue Guitar (1937)

Wallace Stevens Quotes

So that's life, then: things are they are? It picks its way on the blue guitar. A million people on one string? And all their manner in the thing,...

So that's life, then: things are they are? It picks its way on the blue guitar. A million people on one string? And all their manner in the thing,...

So that's life, then: things are they are? It picks its way on the blue guitar. A million people on one string? And all their manner in the thing,...

So that's life, then: things are they are? It picks its way on the blue guitar. A million people on one string? And all their manner in the thing,...