Wallace StevensAfter the leaves have fallen, we return To a plain sense of things. It is as if We had come to an end of the imagination, Inanimate in an inert savoir.
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The leaves on the tree have fallen and we can see them lying on the ground. It is as if we have come to an end of the imagination, inanimate in an inert savoir. This quote is taken from a poem by Marie de Gournay. She wrote, “After the leaves have fallen, we return to a plain sense of things. It is as if we had come to an end of the imagination, inanimate in an inert savoir [knowledge].”
Source: The Palm At The End Of The Mind: Selected Poems And A Play
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