Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moorewas an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 November 1887
CityKirkwood, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Marianne Moore quotes about
freedom war fighting
There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.
eye hair hands
Poetry ... ... a place for the genuine, Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise
peace war might
War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.
dissatisfied nationalism
I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.
ocean sea return
the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.
life heart giving
The heart that gives, gathers.
angel invisible visible
The power of the visible is the invisible.
silence feelings restraint
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.
confusion proof submit
Unconfusion submits its confusion to proof; it's not a Herod's oath that cannot change.
reading people results
Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.
believe fruit diligence
I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false.
art thinking artificial
When we think we don't like art it is because it is artificial art.
art creativity care
Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it.
writing conscious
Conscious writing can be the death of poetry.