You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

Quote by Marianne Moore

Topics: Belief Quotes

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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

My father used to say 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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

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.

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

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

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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,...

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.

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...

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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...

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.

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...