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

Quote by Marianne Moore

Topics: Art Quotes, Imagination Quotes, Poetry Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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 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...

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.

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 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...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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...

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

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

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

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

It seems to be my fate to discover only the obvious: that children have sexual...

It seems to be my fate to discover only the obvious: that children have sexual...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come...

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come...