Quotes by Marianne Moore

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

#Beauty

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

#Belief

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

#Passion

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

#Marianne Moore

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

#Marianne Moore

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

#Marianne Moore

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

#Marianne Moore

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

#Marianne Moore

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

#Marianne Moore

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

#Marianne Moore

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

#Marianne Moore

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

#Marianne Moore