Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

Topics: Thought Quotes

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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...

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...

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

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

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

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....

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...

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...

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

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...

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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.

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...