Marianne Moore Quotes & Sayings

“Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.”

“The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.”

“We are suffering from too much sarcasm.”

“As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.”

“If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.”

“A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.”

“When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.”

“Superior people never make long visits.”

“Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.”

“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.”