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

Topics: Poetry Quotes, Poets Quotes

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

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.

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; I must fight till I have...

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

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...

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...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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

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.

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

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

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 purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The practicing psychotherapist is perhaps better qualified than other serious human beings to discuss boredom.

The practicing psychotherapist is perhaps better qualified than other serious human beings to discuss boredom.