The point of vision and desire are the same.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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...

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...

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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

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

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...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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 only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Beauty is momentary in the mind The fitful tracing of a portal; But in the...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

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...

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

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...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...