The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Appreciation, Beauty, Nature, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
The tomb in Palestine Is not the porch of spirits lingering. It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Death, Faith, Resurrection, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
It has to be living, to learn the speech of the place, It has to face the man of the time. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Adaptation, Change, Connection, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
My tribute to mystical, magical trees that the Cherokee called “standing people. . . .” Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Nature, Respect, Spirituality, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ Words of the world are the life of the world. Author, June 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Communication, Connection, Vitality, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
We say God and the imagination are one… How high that highest candle lights the dark. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, God, Imagination, Light, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
Just as my fingers on these keys make music, so the self-same sounds on my spirit make a music too. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Connection, Expression, Music, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
+ One must read poetry with one’s nerves. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Wallace Stevens, Emotion, Interpretation, Sensitivity, 0 Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches. Jean Cocteau Artist · France