Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit.
Read more about Marianne Moore: Life, Poetic Career, Later Years, Selected Works
Famous quotes by marianne moore:
“We do not like some things, and the hero
doesn’t; deviating head-stones
and uncertainty;
going where one does not wish
to go;suffering and not
saying so;”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“My father used to say,
‘Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow’s grave
or the glass flowers at Harvard.’”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“Of the crow-blue mussel shells, one keeps
adjusting the ash heaps;
opening and shutting itself like
an
injured fan.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“Sweden,
what makes the people dress that way
and those who see you wish to stay?”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)