Quotes by Marianne Moore

Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

A philosopher, being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, 'Opportunity'.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

The wrinkles progress among themselves in a phalanx-beautiful under networks of foam, and fade breathlessly while the sea rustles in and out of the seaweed.

What sap went through that little thread to make the cherry red!

And the ocean, under the pulsation of light- houses and noise of bell buoys, advances as usual, looking as if it were not that ocean in which dropped things are bound to sink- in which if they turn and twist, it is neither with volition nor consciousness.

They say there is a sweeter air where it was made, than we have here.

The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish.

Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.