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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One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

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...

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...

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

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...