Quotes by Wallace Stevens

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

#Wallace Stevens

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

#Wallace Stevens

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

#Wallace Stevens

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

#Wallace Stevens

The imagination is man's power over nature.

#Wallace Stevens

The genuine artist is never rue to life. He sees what is real, but not...

#Wallace Stevens

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

#Wallace Stevens

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a...

#Wallace Stevens

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

#Wallace Stevens

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

#Wallace Stevens

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

#Wallace Stevens

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

#Wallace Stevens