Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the flesh it is immortal. The body dies; the body's beauty lives.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

Topics: Beauty Quotes

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

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...

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...

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

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

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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...

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 imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

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.

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...

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.

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...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

In summer, the song sings itself.

In summer, the song sings itself.

It's the end of the summer. It's the end of it all. Those days are...

It's the end of the summer. It's the end of it all. Those days are...