One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

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...

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...

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

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.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as...

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as...

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have...

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have...