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Wallace Stevens quotes about world

American Poet October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955

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The people in the world, and the objects in it, and the world as a whole, are not absolute things, but on the contrary, are the phenomena of perception... If we were all alike: if we were millions of people saying do, re, mi, in unison, One poet would be enough... But we are not alone, and everything needs expounding all the time because, as people live and die, each one perceiving life and death for himself, and mostly by and in himself, there develops a curiosity about the perceptions of... Wallace Stevens
The Plot Against The Giant. First Girl. When this yokel comes maundering, Whetting his hacker, I shall run before him, Diffusing the civilest odors. Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers. It will check him. Second Girl. I shall run before him, Arching cloths besprinkled with colors. As small as fish-eggs. The threads. Will abash him. Third Girl. Oh, la... le pauvre! I shall run before him, With a curious puffing. He will bend his ear then. I shall whisper. Heavenly labials in a world of... Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens quote: "The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world..."
The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself. Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens quote: "In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of..."
In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature. Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens quote: "It is a world of words to the end of it, / In which nothing..."
It is a world of words to the end of it, / In which nothing solid is its solid self. Wallace Stevens
I was myself the compass of that sea: I was the world in which I walked, and what I saw. Or heard or felt came not but from myself; And there I found myself more truly and more strange. Wallace Stevens
Of the Surface of Things. In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four. Hills and a cloud. Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens quote: "After the final no there comes a yes / And on that yes the..."
After the final no there comes a yes / And on that yes the future world depends. Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens quote: "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
Wallace Stevens quote: "A poet looks at the world as a man looks at a woman."
A poet looks at the world as a man looks at a woman. Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens quote: "It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem."
It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem. Wallace Stevens

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