If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

Quote by Marianne Moore

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Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

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.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

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.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

Trouble is only an opportunity in work clothes.

Trouble is only an opportunity in work clothes.

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...