One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans...

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans...

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of...

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of...

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the...

Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the...

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely...

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely...

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make...

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make...

Truth alone wounds.

Truth alone wounds.