There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers who formed the United States Constitution had such a mastery of legal principles: Why, they had so few books

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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....

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.