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

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

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

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on...

What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on...

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...

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,...

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does...

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does...

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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

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

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

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...

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 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...

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 worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly...

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.