What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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All history is modern history

All history is modern history

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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...

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...

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can...

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

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

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature...

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

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.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

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...

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...

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.

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 summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.