In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

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.

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...

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.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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 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...

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 point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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...

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 imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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.

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 poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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

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