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

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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 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.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

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...

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

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

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,...