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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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,...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

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.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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...

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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.

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is...

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is...