Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness. Marianne Moore More Quotes by Marianne Moore More Quotes From Marianne Moore I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false. Marianne Moore diligence fruit believe As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. Marianne Moore contagion sickness trust What is our innocence, What is our guilt? All are naked, none is safe. Marianne Moore naked guilt safe Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years. Marianne Moore steps animal years Excess is the common substitute for energy. Marianne Moore excess energy common the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. Marianne Moore ocean sea looks 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 fabric excitement gravity At all events there is in Brooklyn Marianne Moore brooklyn events home The mind is an enchanting thing is an enchanted thing, like the glaze on a katydid-wing subdivided by sun till the nettings are legion. Marianne Moore mind sun wings The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself. Marianne Moore strong weak overcoming The mind is an enchanting thing. Marianne Moore enchanting mind All are / naked, none is safe. Marianne Moore vulnerability naked safe 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 air sweet water When we think we don't like art it is because it is artificial art. Marianne Moore artificial art thinking Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible. Marianne Moore evanescence towers imagination Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity. Marianne Moore sagacity egotism ego Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people. Marianne Moore results reading people Poetry Marianne Moore eye hair hands Maine should be pleased that its animal is not a waverer, and rather than fight, lets the primed quill fall. Shallow oppressor, intruder, insister, you have found a resister. Marianne Moore fighting animal fall One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment. Marianne Moore detachment conquer creative
