Creative Quotations from Marianne Moore (1887-1972)

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Marianne Moore
(1887-1972) born on Nov 15

US poet, editor. She was noted for witty intelligent poems in "Observations," 1924; won Pulitzer for "Collected Poems," 1951.

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I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' -- above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

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

Impatience is the mark of independence,
not of bondage.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "New York Mirror," 31 May 1959.
R:	In "Say It Again," by Dorothy Uris, 1979.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	"Writers at Work," 1963.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.