Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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.

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,...

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...

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

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...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

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...