Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.

- Stevie Smith

The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

- Stevie Smith

I like to see cats in movement. A galloping cat is a fine sight. See it cross the road in a streak, cursed by the drivers of motor cars and buses, do…

- Stevie Smith

Life may be treacherous, but you can always depend on death.

- Stevie Smith

A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make.

- Stevie Smith

The human creature is alone in his carapace. Poetry is a strong way out.

- Stevie Smith

People who are always praising the past And especially the time of faith as best Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages And be burnt at the stake as…

- Stevie Smith

I love people, but I love the thought and memory of them just as much.

- Stevie Smith

I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me,…

- Stevie Smith