Wallace Stevens

Poet American 1879 – 1955

American modernist poet known for abstract verse.

448 quotes

"The ordinary made extraordinary is the essence of art."
Art
"Reality is a place from which we must escape through imagination."
Creativity
"To see things as they are requires both eyes and imagination."
"The future belongs to those who can imagine it."
Dreams
"In solitude, we find ourselves most fully."
Solitude
"Life demands that we be more than we thought we could be."
Motivation
"The search for truth is more valuable than truth itself."
Knowledge
"We are always becoming, never fully formed."
Change
"Beauty exists in the space between reality and dream."
Beauty
"The act of imagination is an act of freedom."
Freedom
"To live is to engage constantly with the new."
Life
"Words are our tools for shaping reality."
"Nature teaches us what we need to know about existence."
Nature
"The mind creates reality as much as it perceives it."
Philosophy
"Happiness is found in small moments of clarity."
Happiness
"We must embrace contradiction as part of truth."
Truth
"The world is richer when we pay close attention to it."
"Art is the attempt to express the inexpressible."
Art
"Change is the only constant we can truly rely upon."
Change
"Courage is the willingness to see things as they truly are."
Courage
"The greatest discoveries come from patient observation."
Patience
"We create meaning through the act of living."
Philosophy
"Success comes from aligning vision with action."
Success
"The self is not fixed but constantly evolving."
"In creativity, we find our deepest expression."
Creativity
"Time is the canvas upon which we paint our lives."
Time
"Peace comes from accepting what we cannot change."
Peace
"The power of words lies in their ability to transform."
Power
"We must learn to see the extraordinary in the ordinary."
"Knowledge without imagination is merely fact."
Education