The genuine artist is never rue to life. He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

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.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

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...

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.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

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,...

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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 poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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...