Wallace Stevens Quotes

So that's life, then: things are they are? It picks its way on the blue guitar. A million people on one string? And all their manner in the thing, And all their manner, right and wrong, And all their manner, weak and strong? And that's life, then: things as they are, This buzzing of the blue guitar.

Wallace Stevens

Quotes to Explore

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.

Ma Jian
- People
- Up
- Want
In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.

Damien Chazelle
- World
- Music
- Different
I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.

Iris Apfel
- Clothes
- Got
- Collector
It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.

Saad Hariri
- People
- Fall
- Easy
I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.

Anton Zaslavski
- Time
- Music
- Young
I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.

Halima Aden
- Up
- Believe
- Support