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Marianne Moore Quotes

When one is frank, one’s very presence is a compliment Picture Quote #1

Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty Picture Quote #1

When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use Picture Quote #1

He who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter Picture Quote #1

The mind is an enchanting thing Picture Quote #1

The sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look Picture Quote #1

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All are / naked, none is safe Picture Quote #1

Revision is its own reward Picture Quote #1

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it Picture Quote #1

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist Picture Quote #1

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try Picture Quote #1

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser Picture Quote #1

What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it Picture Quote #1

War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized Picture Quote #1

O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of heaven - of silkworm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon! Picture Quote #1

You are not male nor female, but a plan deep set within the heart of man Picture Quote #1

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I, too, dislike it: There are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine Picture Quote #1

So wary as to disappear for centuries and reappear but never caught, the unicorn has been preserved by an unmatched device wrought like the work of expert blacksmiths Picture Quote #1

He's not out seeing a sight but the rock crystal thing to see - the startling El Greco brimming with inner light - that covets nothing that it has let go. This then you may know as the hero Picture Quote #1

Some speak of things we know, as new; and you, of things unknown as things forgot Picture Quote #1

What of it? We call them brave perhaps? Yes; what if the time should come when no one will fight for anything and there's nothing of worth to save Picture Quote #1

Maine should be pleased that it's animal is not a waverer, and rather than fight, lets the primed quill fall. Shallow oppressor, intruder, insister, you have found a resister Picture Quote #1

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A symbol from the first, of mastery, experiments such as Hippocrates made and substituted for vague speculation stayed the ravages of plague Picture Quote #1

Staff and effigy of the animal which by shedding it's skin is a sign of renewal - the symbol of medicine Picture Quote #1

We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with Earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained Picture Quote #1

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists Picture Quote #1

Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or it's flexibility in motion? Picture Quote #1

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them Picture Quote #1

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When one is frank, one’s very presence is a compliment (Marianne Moore Quotes) Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty (Marianne Moore Quotes) When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use (Marianne Moore Quotes) He who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter (Marianne Moore Quotes) The mind is an enchanting thing (Marianne Moore Quotes) The sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look (Marianne Moore Quotes) All are / naked, none is safe (Marianne Moore Quotes) Revision is its own reward (Marianne Moore Quotes) I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it (Marianne Moore Quotes) If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist (Marianne Moore Quotes) If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try (Marianne Moore Quotes) In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity (Marianne Moore Quotes) 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 (Marianne Moore Quotes) When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser (Marianne Moore Quotes) What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it (Marianne Moore Quotes) War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized (Marianne Moore Quotes) O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of heaven - of silkworm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon! (Marianne Moore Quotes) You are not male nor female, but a plan deep set within the heart of man (Marianne Moore Quotes) I, too, dislike it: There are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine (Marianne Moore Quotes) So wary as to disappear for centuries and reappear but never caught, the unicorn has been preserved by an unmatched device wrought like the work of expert blacksmiths (Marianne Moore Quotes) He's not out seeing a sight but the rock crystal thing to see - the startling El Greco brimming with inner light - that covets nothing that it has let go. This then you may know as the hero (Marianne Moore Quotes) Some speak of things we know, as new; and you, of things unknown as things forgot (Marianne Moore Quotes) What of it? We call them brave perhaps? Yes; what if the time should come when no one will fight for anything and there's nothing of worth to save (Marianne Moore Quotes) Maine should be pleased that it's animal is not a waverer, and rather than fight, lets the primed quill fall. Shallow oppressor, intruder, insister, you have found a resister (Marianne Moore Quotes) A symbol from the first, of mastery, experiments such as Hippocrates made and substituted for vague speculation stayed the ravages of plague (Marianne Moore Quotes) Staff and effigy of the animal which by shedding it's skin is a sign of renewal - the symbol of medicine (Marianne Moore Quotes) We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with Earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained (Marianne Moore Quotes) As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists (Marianne Moore Quotes) Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or it's flexibility in motion? (Marianne Moore Quotes) The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them (Marianne Moore Quotes)

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