3 Wallace Stevens Quotes on Simplicity

Wallace Stevens quotes on simplicity

65. Do not speak to us of the greatness of poetry, Of the torches wisping in the underground, Of the structure of vaults upon a point of light. There are no shadows in our sun, Day is desire and night is sleep. There are no shadows anywhere. The earth, for us, is flat and bare. There are no shadows.

75. Be content -- Expansions, diffusions -- content to be The unspotted imbecile revery, The heraldic center of the world Of blue, blue sleek with a hundred chins, The amorist Adjective aflame...

134. An unaffected man in a negative light Could not have borne his labor nor have died Sighing that he should leave the banjo's twang.