All 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.
Marianne Moore
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If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.
Marianne Moore
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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
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It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back.
Marianne Moore
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Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.
Marianne Moore
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Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.
Marianne Moore
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As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.
Marianne Moore
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The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
Marianne Moore
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The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.
Marianne Moore
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My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
Marianne Moore
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I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
Marianne Moore
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