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

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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,...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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.

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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

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

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...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.