If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.

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.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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.

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,...

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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 imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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.

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 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...

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.

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...