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

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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.

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...

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...

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.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

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...

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...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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,...

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.

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...

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 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...

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

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...

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

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

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...