The paramount relation between poetry and painting today, between modern man and modern art, is simply this: that in an age in which disbelief is so profoundly prevalent or, if not disbelief, indifference to questions of belief, poetry and painting, and the arts in general, are, in their measure, a compensation for what has been lost. Men feel that the imagination is the next greatest power to faith: the reigning prince.


The Necessary Angel (1951) - Imagination as Value

Wallace Stevens Quotes

The paramount relation between poetry and painting today, between modern man and modern art, is simply this: that in an age in which disbelief is so...

The paramount relation between poetry and painting today, between modern man and modern art, is simply this: that in an age in which disbelief is so...

The paramount relation between poetry and painting today, between modern man and modern art, is simply this: that in an age in which disbelief is so...

The paramount relation between poetry and painting today, between modern man and modern art, is simply this: that in an age in which disbelief is so...