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Marianne Moore quotes: The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.
Marianne Moore quotes: Excess is the common substitute for energy. Excess is the common substitute for energy.
Marianne Moore quotes: Assign Yogi Berra to Cape Canaveral; he could handle any missile. Assign Yogi Berra to Cape Canaveral; he could handle any missile.
Marianne Moore quotes: The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.
Marianne Moore quotes: I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false. I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false.
Marianne Moore quotes: A symbol from the first, of mastery, experiments such as Hippocrates made and substituted for vague speculation stayed the ravages of plague. A symbol from the first, of mastery, experiments such as Hippocrates made and substituted for vague speculation stayed the ravages of plague.
Marianne Moore quotes: Discovering Antarctica, its penguin kings and icy spires ... Discovering Antarctica, its penguin kings and icy spires ...
Marianne Moore quotes: War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized. War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.
Marianne Moore quotes: Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion? Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion?
Marianne Moore quotes: Yule - Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner - of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner. Yule - Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner - of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.
Marianne Moore quotes: To wear the arctic fox you have to kill it. To wear the arctic fox you have to kill it.
Marianne Moore quotes: The mind is an enchanting thing is an enchanted thing, like the glaze on a katydid-wing subdivided by sun till the nettings are legion. The mind is an enchanting thing is an enchanted thing, like the glaze on a katydid-wing subdivided by sun till the nettings are legion.
Marianne Moore quotes: The cure for loneliness is solitude. The cure for loneliness is solitude.
Marianne Moore quotes: The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them. The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.
Marianne Moore quotes: We are suffering from too much sarcasm. We are suffering from too much sarcasm.
Marianne Moore quotes: We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory. We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.
Marianne Moore quotes: The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed. The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed.
Marianne Moore quotes: As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists. As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.
Marianne Moore quotes: The power of the visible is the invisible. The power of the visible is the invisible.
Marianne Moore quotes: Omissions are not accidents. Omissions are not accidents.
Marianne Moore quotes: Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go ... Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go ...
Marianne Moore quotes: Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity. Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.
Marianne Moore quotes: All are / naked, none is safe. All are / naked, none is safe.
Marianne Moore quotes: Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity. Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.
Marianne Moore quotes: I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
Marianne Moore quotes: Unconfusion submitsits confusion to proof; it'snot a Herod's oath that cannot change. Unconfusion submits
its confusion to proof; it's
not a Herod's oath that cannot change.
Marianne Moore quotes: One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express ... One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express ...
Marianne Moore quotes: You are not male or female, but a plandeep-set within the heart of man. You are not male or female, but a plan
deep-set within the heart of man.
Marianne Moore quotes: Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers. Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.
Marianne Moore quotes: The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish. The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish.
Marianne Moore quotes: Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years. Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.
Marianne Moore quotes: Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man. Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man.
Marianne Moore quotes: I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it
Marianne Moore quotes: Concurring hands divideflax for damaskthat when bleached by Irish weatherhas the silvered chamois-leatherwater-tightness of askin. Concurring hands divide
flax for damask
that when bleached by Irish weather
has the silvered chamois-leather
water-tightness of a
skin.
Marianne Moore quotes: The heart that gives, gathers. The heart that gives, gathers.
Marianne Moore quotes: At all events there is in Brooklynsomething that makes me feel at home. At all events there is in Brooklyn
something that makes me feel at home.
Marianne Moore quotes: What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it. What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it.
Marianne Moore quotes: The mind is an enchanting thing. The mind is an enchanting thing.
Marianne Moore quotes: Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.
Marianne Moore quotes: Poetry ... ... a place for the genuine,Hands that can grasp, eyesthat can dilate, hair that can rise Poetry
...
... a place for the genuine,
Hands that can grasp, eyes
that can dilate, hair that can rise
Marianne Moore quotes: Durer would have seen a reason for livingin a town like this Durer would have seen a reason for living
in a town like this
Marianne Moore quotes: The sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. The sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.
Marianne Moore quotes: Superior people never make long visits. Superior people never make long visits.
Marianne Moore quotes: One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment. One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment.
Marianne Moore quotes: If we can't be cordial to these creatures' fleece, I think that we deserve to freeze. If we can't be cordial to these creatures' fleece, I think that we deserve to freeze.
Marianne Moore quotes: We Call Them the Brave who likely were reluctant to be brave. We Call Them the Brave who likely were reluctant to be brave.
Marianne Moore quotes: In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind. In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind.
Marianne Moore quotes: Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people. Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.
Marianne Moore quotes: Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness. Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.
Marianne Moore quotes: In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity. In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity.
Marianne Moore quotes: Does it follow that because there are poisonous toadstoolswhich resemble mushrooms, both are dangerous? Does it follow that because there are poisonous toadstools
which resemble mushrooms, both are dangerous?
Marianne Moore quotes: So he who strongly feels, behaves. So he who strongly feels, behaves.
Marianne Moore quotes: One must be as clear as one's natural reticence allows one to be. One must be as clear as one's natural reticence allows one to be.
Marianne Moore quotes: A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
Marianne Moore quotes: Poetry is all nouns and verbs. Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
Marianne Moore quotes: The deft white-stockinged dance in thick-soledshoes! Denmark's sanctuaried Jews! The deft white-stockinged dance in thick-soled
shoes! Denmark's sanctuaried Jews!
Marianne Moore quotes: [Marianne Moore's definition of genuine poetry] Imaginary gardens with real toads in them. [Marianne Moore's definition of genuine poetry]
Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.
Marianne Moore quotes: Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
Marianne Moore quotes: Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty. Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty.
Marianne Moore quotes: Victory won't cometo me unless I goto it; a grape tendrilties a knot in knots tillknotted thirty times Victory won't come
to me unless I go
to it; a grape tendril
ties a knot in knots till
knotted thirty times
Marianne Moore quotes: Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage. Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.
Marianne Moore quotes: Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time. Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.
Marianne Moore quotes: Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible. Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible.
Marianne Moore quotes: One ventures, commits one's self, and if readers are not pleased, one can perhaps please one's self and earn that slender right to persevere. One ventures, commits one's self, and if readers are not pleased, one can perhaps please one's self and earn that slender right to persevere.
Marianne Moore quotes: As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.
Marianne Moore quotes: Camels are snobbishand sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurastheniceven murderous.Reindeer seem over-serious. Camels are snobbish
and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic
even murderous.
Reindeer seem over-serious.
Marianne Moore quotes: If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.
Marianne Moore quotes: If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try. If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
Marianne Moore quotes: That which is impossible to force, it is impossible to hinder. That which is impossible to force, it is impossible to hinder.
Marianne Moore quotes: Revision is its own reward. Revision is its own reward.
Marianne Moore quotes: Originality is ... a by-product of sincerity. Originality is ... a by-product of sincerity.
Marianne Moore quotes: The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself. The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself.
Marianne Moore quotes: There never was a war that was not inward. There never was a war that was not inward.
Marianne Moore quotes: I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of fabric is governed by gravity. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of fabric is governed by gravity.
Marianne Moore quotes: Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt. Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.
Marianne Moore quotes: When we think we don't like art it is because it is artificial art. When we think we don't like art it is because it is artificial art.
Marianne Moore quotes: I must fightTil I have conqueredIn myselfwhat causes war I must fight
Til I have conquered
In myself
what causes war
Marianne Moore quotes: A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds. A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds.
Marianne Moore quotes: Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure. Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure.
Marianne Moore quotes: O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon! O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!
Marianne Moore quotes: My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard." My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard."
Marianne Moore quotes: The hands are the heart's messengers. The hands are the heart's messengers.
Marianne Moore quotes: It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
Marianne Moore quotes: You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief. You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.
Marianne Moore quotes: What is our innocence, What is our guilt? All are naked, none is safe. What is our innocence, What is our guilt? All are naked, none is safe.
Marianne Moore quotes: We prove, we do not explain, our birth, We prove, we do not explain, our birth,
Marianne Moore quotes: Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination. Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination.
Marianne Moore quotes: I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish. I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.
Marianne Moore quotes: I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time. I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time.
Marianne Moore quotes: He who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter. He who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter.
Marianne Moore quotes: When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use ... When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use ...
Marianne Moore quotes: Honesty - however dangerous - should be as valuable as radium it seems to me ... Honesty - however dangerous - should be as valuable as radium it seems to me ...
Marianne Moore quotes: They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene. They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.
Marianne Moore quotes: Of the crow-blue mussel shells, one keepsadjusting the ash heaps;opening and shutting itself likeaninjured fan. Of the crow-blue mussel shells, one keeps
adjusting the ash heaps;
opening and shutting itself like
an
injured fan.
Marianne Moore quotes: Your thorns are the best part of you. Your thorns are the best part of you.
Marianne Moore quotes: Conscious writing can be the death of poetry. Conscious writing can be the death of poetry.
Marianne Moore quotes: The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease. The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
Marianne Moore quotes: When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment. When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.
Marianne Moore quotes: Writing is an undertaking for the modest. Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

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