It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.