Poetry is the supreme fiction because it creates value where... - Wallace Stevens

"Poetry is the supreme fiction because it creates value where none existed before."

Wallace Stevens Art

Poet American 1879–1955

More from Wallace Stevens

"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."

"The stage is my true home."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Living well means living properly."

"Art and music are the treasures of civilization"