Death is the mother of Beauty hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires. – Wallace Stevens
To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind. – Wallace Stevens
We say God and the imagination are one… How high that highest candle lights the dark. – Wallace Stevens
If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and fears, to which the Bible addresses itself, it might rival it in distribution. – Wallace Stevens
If youre truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, theres a family bond that you have. In fact, Ive talked about this with therapists, especially if youre talking about a relationship, because when youre with somebody, youre going to your family, and shes alone. – Gary Allan