Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.

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Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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,...

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

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.

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future 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 point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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 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...