Author: Wallace Stevens

Quotes

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

- Wallace Stevens

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

- Wallace Stevens

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

- Wallace Stevens

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

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

- Wallace Stevens

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

- Wallace Stevens

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

- Wallace Stevens

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.

- Wallace Stevens

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

- Wallace Stevens

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

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

- Wallace Stevens

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