It is the belief and not the god that counts. Wallace Stevens More Quotes by Wallace Stevens More Quotes From Wallace Stevens An old argument with me is that the true religious force in the world is not the church, but the world itself: the mysterious callings of Nature and our responses. Wallace Stevens churchreligiousreligion The imagination loses vitality as it ceases to adhere to what is real. Wallace Stevens vitalityrealimagination One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not mean illiberality of its benefits. Wallace Stevens doemeanculture We say Wallace Stevens girlchangeviolet It is time that beats in the breast and it is time Wallace Stevens proudmindtime 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 writingloveideas It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur. Wallace Stevens funny-basketballoriginality God is in me or else is not at all. Wallace Stevens spiritualityspiritual The imagination is man's power over nature. Wallace Stevens creativeimaginationmen The figures of the past go cloaked. Wallace Stevens rainsnowpast The night Wallace Stevens mennightworld in the presence of extraordinary actuality, consciousness takes the place of imagination. Wallace Stevens extraordinaryconsciousnessimagination The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly. Wallace Stevens finalsbelievefiction It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. Wallace Stevens romepovertyspeech Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers. Wallace Stevens flowermotherbeautiful The imperfect is our paradise. Wallace Stevens imperfectparadise I still feel the need of some imperishable bliss. Wallace Stevens blissfeelsneeds The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book. Wallace Stevens housebookworld The imagination is the liberty of the mind It is intrpeid and eager and the extreme of its achievement lies in abstraction. Wallace Stevens achievementimaginationlying Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential. Wallace Stevens artificialessentialsperception
