Who said "Everything exists in order to end up in a book."?

This quote is attributed to Stéphane Mallarmé.

Everything exists in order to end up in a book. - Stéphane Mallarmé

"Everything exists in order to end up in a book."

Stéphane Mallarmé Literature

Poet French 1842–1898

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