Wallace Stevens

Poet American 1879 – 1955

American modernist poet known for abstract verse.

448 quotes

"We must become architects of our own reality."
"Truth is not discovered but created through understanding."
Wisdom
"The world awaits those who dare to imagine it differently."
Inspiration
"In art, we express what cannot be said in words."
Art
"Life is the perpetual struggle between form and chaos."
Philosophy
"We grow through engagement with the unfamiliar."
"Beauty is the signature of truth."
Beauty
"The self emerges through creative action."
"We are limited only by the boundaries of our imagination."
"Wisdom consists in knowing what to value."
Wisdom
"The world is more strange and wonderful than we imagine."
"To be alive is to participate in the creation of meaning."
"We find ourselves in what we create."
Creativity
"Hope is not passive waiting but active imagination."
Hope
"The greatest power is the power to imagine."
Power
"We are always more than we think we are."
"The soul requires beauty as the body requires food."
"Change begins in the imagination."
Change
"We live in the stories we tell ourselves."
"Authenticity is the highest form of creativity."
"The world is our teacher if we learn to listen."
Education
"We find peace in acceptance of what is."
Peace
"Life is the art of making meaning from chaos."
Art
"The imagination is humanity's greatest achievement."
"We become what we practice becoming."
"Reality and imagination are partners, not enemies."
Philosophy
"The worth of a life is measured in the richness of its experience."
Life
"We must learn to see with both mind and heart."
Wisdom
"The poet must create a supreme fiction that will satisfy the human need for meaning in an indifferent universe."
Philosophy
"Reality is not what we see, but what we imagine about what we see."
Imagination