All history is modern history

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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 fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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.

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...

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

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

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...