Wallace Stevens Quotes about Giving

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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

Wallace Stevens

Giving, Desire, Reason

Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens”, p.218, Vintage

In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American -- on the other hand, is expressed in an eager amateurish way. A European gives a sense of scope, of survey, of consideration. An American is strained, sensational. One is artistic gold; the other is bullion.

Wallace Stevens

Hands, Giving, Gold

Wallace Stevens, Holly Stevens (1966). “Letters of Wallace Stevens”, p.90, Univ of California Press