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's mother is death... hence from death, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Death is the mother of Beauty... hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires. Wallace Stevens

is artificial. Perceptions are essential.

Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential. (Wallace Stevens)

is vital to our understanding --- One would do well to throw away the light, the definitions, and say what one sees in the dark.

Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark. (Wallace Stevens)

is the mother of beauty... hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Death is the mother of Beauty... hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.

Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers. (Wallace Stevens)

is like water. It takes the shape of its container.

Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container. (Wallace Stevens)

The imagination is man's power over nature. Wallace Stevens

is one of the forces of nature in the world of words.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature. Wallace Stevens

The imperfect is our paradise. (Wallace Stevens)

is a derivative satellite, an inconstant, weak illuminator, and a false representation of the imaginative apprehension of reality.

For Stevens, the moon is a derivative satellite, an inconstant, weak illuminator, and a false representation of the imaginative apprehension of reality.

is evasive, inconsistent with its flippant communication.

In 'The Comedian as the Letter C,' and 'Esthetique du Mal,' for example, the moon is described as 'evasive.' Its inconstancy is associated with 'flippant communication' in 'Auroras of Autumn,'

1s 2ravitational pull is associated with unconscious and death.

and its gravitational pull is associated with unconscious and death in 'Madame La Fleurie:' 'Weight him, weight him with the sleepiness of the moon.'

1s 2ight is obscure and it lights an obscure world.

The moon's light is 'obscure' and it lights an 'obscure world' in 'Motive for Metaphor.'

is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.

is (like people and the world as well) not an absolute thing, but phenomena of perception. It requires expounding all the time because each person perceives life and death for himself and has a curiosity about the perceptions of others.

The people in the world, and the objects in it, and the world as a whole, are not absolute things, but on the contrary, are the phenomena of perception. . . If we were all alike: if we were millions of people saying do, re, mi, in unison, One poet would be enough. . . But we are not alone, and everything needs expounding all the time because, as people live and die, each one perceiving life and death for himself, and mostly by and in himself, there develops a curiosity about the perceptions of others. This is what makes it possible to go on saying new things about old things. Wallace Stevens

is representative of the world's inherent diversity. Things, people, and the world itself are not absolute things, but phenomena of perception which require expounding all the time because each person perceives life and death for himself and has a curiosity about the perceptions of others.

is (like objects and the world as well) not an absolute thing, but a phenomenon of perception. It requires expounding all the time because each person perceives life and death for himself and has a curiosity about the perceptions of others.

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