Quotes by 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.

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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...

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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!

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

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Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

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One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important...

#Wallace Stevens