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.

Quote by Marianne Moore

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

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

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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

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...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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...

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...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

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 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.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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