A diary is more or less the work of a man of clay whose hands are clumsy and in whose eyes there is no light.
Source: Souvenirs and Prophecies: the Young Wallace Stevens, ch. 3 (ed. by Holly Stevens, 1977), entry for 26 July 1899.
-- Wallace Stevens, (Oct 2 1879-1955), US poet, author; He was noted for subtle verse of reality and imagination; won 1955 Pulitzer for Collected Poems.