Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Quote by Marianne Moore

Topics: Beauty Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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,...

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

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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.

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

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

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...

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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...

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

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...

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

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