What did Marianne Moore mean by: The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. Marianne Moore Poet · USA Copy
We don’t like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Memory, Mortality, Nature, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
You’re not free until you’ve been made captive by supreme belief. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Belief, Captivity, Freedom, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Intention, Time, Value, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Creativity, Poetry, Uniqueness, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Efficiency, Evolution, Humor, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
I never ‘plan’ a stanza. Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Creativity, Process, Spontaneity, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Beauty, Community, Inspiration, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Overcoming, Strength, Weakness, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity. Read explanation Jean Piaget Psychologist · Switzerland
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
