Marianne Moore Quotes (6 quotations)
1. Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. - Marianne Moore
2. 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
3. Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. - Marianne Moore
4. The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease. - Marianne Moore
5. There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war. - Marianne Moore
6. We are suffering from too much sarcasm. - Marianne Moore
2. 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
3. Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. - Marianne Moore
4. The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease. - Marianne Moore
5. There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war. - Marianne Moore
6. We are suffering from too much sarcasm. - Marianne Moore
