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Quotes by Marianne Moore

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

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Source: The Steeple-Jack, 1935, st. 1
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Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
 
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A philosopher, being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, 'Opportunity'.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
 
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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.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
 
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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.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Source: A Grave, 1935
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What sap went through that little thread to make the cherry red!

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Source: Nevertheless, 1944, st. 11
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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.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Source: A Grave, 1935
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They say there is a sweeter air where it was made, than we have here.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Source: A Carriage from Sweden, 1944
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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 (1887 - 1972)
Source: The Steeple-Jack, 1935, st. 1
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Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Source: The Pangolin, 1941, st. 8
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