Wallace Stevens Quotes about Philosophy

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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

Wallace Stevens

Philosophy, Philosopher, Poet

Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination”, p.56, Vintage

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

Wallace Stevens

Philosophy, Science, Philosopher

Wallace Stevens (2011). “Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose”, p.248, Vintage

To lose sensibility, to see what one sees, As if sight had not its own miraculous thrift, To hear only what one hears, one meaning alone, As if the paradise of meaning ceased To be paradise, it is this to be destitute.

Wallace Stevens

Philosophy, Sight, Medicine

Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play”, p.331, Vintage