175 Quotes by Marianne Moore

Blessed the geniuses who knowthat egomania is not a duty.

Blessed is the man who “takes the risk of a decision” —asks himself the question: “Would it solve the problem?Is it right as I see it? Is it in the best interests of all?

Hate-hardened heart, O heart of iron iron is iron till it is rust.There never was a war that was not inward; I mustfight till I have conquered in myself whatcauses war, but I would not believe it. I inwardly did nothing. O Iscariot-like crime! Beauty is everlasting and dust is for a time.

Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.

But don’t give me, if I can’t have the dress,a trip to Greenland, or grimtrip to the moon. The moon should come here. Let him make the trip down, spread on my dark floor some dimmarvel, and if a successthat I stoop to pick up and wear,I could ask nothing more.

Might verse not best confuse itself with fate?

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.

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

I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it