Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Quote by Marianne Moore

Topics: Beauty Quotes

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

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

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

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

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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 the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.