The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

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 summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

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

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

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...

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....

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our...

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.

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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...

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.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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,...

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.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

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 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...

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...