Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

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...

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

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

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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...

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

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

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

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

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

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...

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

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

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.