What did Marianne Moore mean by: What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it. Marianne Moore Poet · USA Copy
Unconfusion submits its confusion to proof; it’s not a Herod’s oath that cannot change. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Change, Confusion, Proof, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Clarity, Creativity, Identity, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Honesty, Pleasure, Writing, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Mothers, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Balance, Growth, Self-awareness, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Love, Nature, Transformation, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Diligence, Truthfulness, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marianne Moore, Connection, Contagion, Trust, 0 Marianne Moore Poet · USA
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
