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

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

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...

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.