Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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,...

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...

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

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

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...