Wallace Stevens said this quote

“ If there must be a god in the house, must be,Saying things in the rooms and on the stair,Let him move as the sunlight moves on the floor,Or moonlight, silently, as Plato's ghostOr Aristotle's skeleton. Let him hang outHis stars on the wall. He must dwell quietly. ”

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The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly.

~ Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens Adagia Philosophy

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

~ Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens Poetry Truth

I am the truth, since I am part of what is real, but neither more nor less than those around me.

~ Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens Truth

After the final no there comes a yes / And on that yes the future world depends.

~ Wallace Stevens

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