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1 " Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts it becomes an epidemic. p901 "
― Wallace Stevens , Collected Poetry & Prose
2 " Sentimentality is a failure of feeling. p.903 "
3 " The essential fault of surrealism is that it invents without discovering. To make a clam play an accordion is to invent not to discover. The observation of the unconscious, so far as it can be observed, should reveal things of which we have previously been unconscious, not the familiar things of which we have been conscious plus imagination. p. 919 "
4 " Tuesday night. A delicate, blue night-most gorgeous, golden stars & the air as fresh and as pure as the air of the moon. I have a great affection for moonlight nights somehow & could cry “moon, moon, moon” as fast as the world calls “thief” after a villain. What a treasure house of silver and gold they are—& how lovely the planets look in the heavens—Bah—mere words. "
