388 Quotes by Wallace Stevens

A pear should come to the table popped with juice, Ripened in warmth and served in warmth. On terms Like these, autumn beguiles the fatalist.

The great poems of heaven and hell have been written and the great poem of earth remains to be written.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

Tell X that speech is not dirty silence Clarified. It is silence made still dirtier.

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

Divinity must live within herself: Passions of rain, or moods in the falling snow; Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued Elations when the forest blooms; gusty Emotions on wet roads on autumn nights; All pleasures and all pains, remembering The boughs of summer and the winter branch. These are the measures destined for her soul.

We say This changes and that changes. Thus the constant Violets, doves, girls, bees and hyacinths Are inconstant objects of inconstant cause In a universe of inconstancy.

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

The yellow glistens. It glistens with various yellows, Citrons, oranges and greens Flowering over the skin.