Who said "To be alive is to participate in the creation of meaning."?

This quote is attributed to Wallace Stevens.

To be alive is to participate in the creation of meaning. - Wallace Stevens

"To be alive is to participate in the creation of meaning."

Wallace Stevens

Poet American 1879–1955

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