Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit.
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Famous quotes by marianne moore:
“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 (1887–1972)
“Beauty is everlasting
and dust is for a time.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“My father used to say,
‘Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow’s grave
or the glass flowers at Harvard.’”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“nor till the poets among us can be
literalists of
the imagination—above
insolence and triviality and can present
for inspection, ‘imaginary gardens with real toads in them’,
shall we have”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“What is
there in being able
to say that one has dominated the stream in an attitude of
self-defense;
in proving that one has had the experience
of carrying a stick?”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)