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

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

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...

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...

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

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...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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.

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 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...

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.

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real...

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real...

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to...

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to...