The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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

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

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.

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...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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,...

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...

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.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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...

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.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

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...

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...

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

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

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

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...