Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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 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.

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.

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 point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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...

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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...

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.

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...

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.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.