Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes, Self Discovery Quotes

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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 poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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 imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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...

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...

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.

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...