All history is modern history

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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

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

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...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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.

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....

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...

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...

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...

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

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...