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

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would...

Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would...

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...

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...

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 fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The genuine artist is never rue to life. He sees what is real, but not...

The genuine artist is never rue to life. He sees what is real, but not...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

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.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

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...

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.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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,...

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

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

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.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.