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Marianne Moore Quotes

Men are monopolists of stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles - unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness Picture Quote #1

There is no pleasure subtler than the sensation of being a good workman; and in work there is the sense of consanguinity - unconscious as a rule but sometimes conscious Picture Quote #1

Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it Picture Quote #1

You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather than An asset - your thorns are the best part of you Picture Quote #1

... imaginary gardens with real toads in them... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, then you are interested in poetry Picture Quote #1

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war Picture Quote #1

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Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man Picture Quote #1

The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish Picture Quote #1

Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years Picture Quote #1

I, too, dislike it. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it, after all, a place for the genuine Picture Quote #1

Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it Picture Quote #1

Wolf’s wool is the best of wool, / but it cannot be sheared because / the wolf will not comply Picture Quote #1

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Below the incandescent stars / below the incandescent fruit, / the strange experience of beauty; / its existence is too much; / it tears one to pieces / and each fresh wave of consciousness / is poison Picture Quote #1

In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind Picture Quote #1

I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false Picture Quote #1

One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one’s happiness to express Picture Quote #1

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Men are monopolists of stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles - unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness (Marianne Moore Quotes) There is no pleasure subtler than the sensation of being a good workman; and in work there is the sense of consanguinity - unconscious as a rule but sometimes conscious (Marianne Moore Quotes) Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it (Marianne Moore Quotes) You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather than An asset - your thorns are the best part of you (Marianne Moore Quotes) ... imaginary gardens with real toads in them... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, then you are interested in poetry (Marianne Moore Quotes) There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war (Marianne Moore Quotes) Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man (Marianne Moore Quotes) The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish (Marianne Moore Quotes) Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years (Marianne Moore Quotes) I, too, dislike it. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it, after all, a place for the genuine (Marianne Moore Quotes) Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it (Marianne Moore Quotes) Wolf’s wool is the best of wool, / but it cannot be sheared because / the wolf will not comply (Marianne Moore Quotes) Below the incandescent stars / below the incandescent fruit, / the strange experience of beauty; / its existence is too much; / it tears one to pieces / and each fresh wave of consciousness / is poison (Marianne Moore Quotes) In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind (Marianne Moore Quotes) I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false (Marianne Moore Quotes) One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one’s happiness to express (Marianne Moore Quotes)

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