PAUL VALERY

"In order of the mental things, here seems to be certain mysterious relations between the desire and the event. That is because the mind when reduced to its own sole substance does not have the power to finish, and absolutely cannot bind itself by itself."

- Paul Valéry


Source: Paul Valéry quoted in Kosuth, Joseph. The Mind's Image of Itself. 2011. Frieze , issue 141, september 2011. pp. 149-157.