A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

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...

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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...

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with...

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with...

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

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

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

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

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

To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life,...

To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life,...

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a...

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a...