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

- 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

This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no bosom and no behind.

- 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

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

- Stevie Smith

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

- Stevie Smith

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

- Stevie Smith

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

- Stevie Smith

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

- Stevie Smith