1887-1972, American Poet
A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
Marianne Moore – [Editing and Editors]
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.
Marianne Moore – [Trust]
Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.
Marianne Moore – [Egotism]
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
Marianne Moore – [Indecision]
My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
Marianne Moore – [Superiority]
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
Marianne Moore – [Language]
Superior people never make long visits.
Marianne Moore – [Guests]
War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.
Marianne Moore – [Peace]
We are suffering from too much sarcasm.
Marianne Moore – [Critics and Criticism]
When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
Marianne Moore – [Judgment and Judges]