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

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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...

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....

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

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.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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,...

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.

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...

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

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.

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked...

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked...

Money is related to class only in the minds of people who have too much...

Money is related to class only in the minds of people who have too much...