Ephebe Quotes

It is of him, ephebe, to make, to confect The final elegance, not to console Nor sanctify, but plainly to propound. (Wallace Stevens)
Begin, ephebe, by perceiving the idea Of this invention, this invented world, The inconceivable idea of the sun. View quote
Wallace Stevens
Phoebus is dead, ephebe. But Phoebus was A name for something that never could be named. There was a project for the sun and is. View quote
Wallace Stevens
Begin, ephebe, by perceiving the idea Of this invention, this invented world, The inconceivable idea of the sun.You must become an ignorant man again And see the sun again with an ignorant eye And see it clearly in the idea of it.Never suppose an inventing mind as source Of this idea nor for that mind compose A voluminous master folded in his fire. View quote
Wallace Stevens