One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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 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.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

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,...

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

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 can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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.

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your...

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover...

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover...