The world is ugly, and the people are sad, but we must find ... - Wallace Stevens

"The world is ugly, and the people are sad, but we must find beauty in the struggle."

Wallace Stevens Beauty

Poet American 1879–1955

More from Wallace Stevens

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream."

"One must have a mind of winter to regard the frost and the boughs of the pine trees crusted with snow."

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

"After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future world is built."

"Beauty comes in many forms."

"Beauty comes from within."

"True beauty lies in authenticity."

"Beauty exists in the most unexpected places."