Who said "The absence of imagination had itself to be imagined."?

This quote is attributed to Wallace Stevens.

The absence of imagination had itself to be imagined. - Wallace Stevens

"The absence of imagination had itself to be imagined."

Wallace Stevens Imagination

Poet American 1879–1955

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream."

"One must have a mind of winter to regard the frost and the boughs of the pine trees crusted with snow."

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

"After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future world is built."

"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge."

"The world is full of wonders if you know where to look."

"You have the imagination of a child, Lucy"

"The world is full of mysteries waiting to be solved."