Wallace Stevens Quote

The monastic man is an artist. The philosopher
Appoints man's place in music, say, today.
But the priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to have is the beginning of desire.
To have what is not is its ancient cycle.


Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (1942) - It Must Be Abstract


The monastic man is an artist. The philosopher Appoints man's place in music, say, today. But the priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to ...

The monastic man is an artist. The philosopher Appoints man's place in music, say, today. But the priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to ...

The monastic man is an artist. The philosopher Appoints man's place in music, say, today. But the priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to ...

The monastic man is an artist. The philosopher Appoints man's place in music, say, today. But the priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to ...