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Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.
Wallace Stevens
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Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress. — Wallace Stevens

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Wallace Stevens was a Poet from United States (1879–1955).

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This quote is attributed to Wallace Stevens, a Poet from United States.
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Wallace Stevens lived from 1879 – 1955.
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