To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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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...

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...

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...

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 poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

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.

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 point of vision and desire are the same.

The point of vision and desire are the same.

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...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

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...

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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...

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...

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.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

It would be almost unbelievable, if history did not record the tragic fact that men...

It would be almost unbelievable, if history did not record the tragic fact that men...