It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. Marianne Moore More Quotes by Marianne Moore More Quotes From Marianne Moore ... we do not admire what we cannot understand. Marianne Moore admire 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 genuinereadingperfect When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment. Marianne Moore frankhonestycompliment It is in general true that in order to create works of art one has to have leisure. On the other hand I think that one needs to experience resistance in a practical sense, and even that which is poignant to bring out what makes easy reading for others. Too much deprivation of course, means death. Marianne Moore readingmeanart I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. Marianne Moore callingreasonwriting The power of the visible is the invisible. Marianne Moore visibleinvisibleangel Wolf's wool is the best of wool, / but it cannot be sheared because / the wolf will not comply. Marianne Moore assertivenesswoolresistance My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard." Marianne Moore glassesflowerfather Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination. Marianne Moore proficiencypoetryimagination 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 congruencevainbutterfly Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion? Marianne Moore welfareskinsanimal When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use. Marianne Moore interruptionsusetime We prove, we do not explain, our birth. Marianne Moore birthprove The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish I could believe it; I am troubled, I'm dissatisfied, I'm Irish. Marianne Moore wishjoybelieve [The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple; it is a privilege to see so much confusion. Marianne Moore starslosssky We Call Them the Brave who likely were reluctant to be brave. Marianne Moore reluctantbe-bravebrave I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish. Marianne Moore dissatisfiednationalism To wear the arctic fox you have to kill it. Marianne Moore arcticfoxes Unconfusion submits Marianne Moore herodproofconfusion 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 always-tryingdonepeople
