Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit.

Read more about Marianne Moore:  Life, Poetic Career, Later Years, Selected Works

Famous quotes by marianne moore:

    Sweden,
    what makes the people dress that way
    and those who see you wish to stay?
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    At all events there is in Brooklyn
    something that makes me feel at home.
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    If ‘compression is the first grace of style,’
    you have it.
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    Victory won’t come

    to me unless I go
    to it; a grape tendril
    ties a knot in knots till

    knotted thirty times,—
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    Unignorant,
    modest and unemotional, and all emotion,
    he has everlasting vigor,
    power to grow,
    though there are few creatures who can make one
    breathe faster and make one erecter.
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)