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American poet known for her unique modernist style and profound philosophical insights. Her poetry is concise and insightful, often exploring themes of nature, art, and the human condition.

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Famous Marianne Moore Quotes

“You are not male nor female, but a plan deep-set within the heart of man.”

Men Heart Plans Female Males

Author:Marianne Moore

“Sun and moon and day and night and man and beast each with a splendor which man in all his vileness cannot set aside; each with an excellence!”

Men Night Sun Mankind Moon Excellence Beast Day And Night Splendor

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds.”

Ifs Men Writing Sound Sentences Definite

Author:Marianne Moore

“Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man.”

Men Sun Beast

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.”

Men Persons Stars Marriage Shining Buttons Guardian Garters

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

About the Author

Born: November 15, 1887
Died: February 5, 1972
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 132

Books & Sources

Complete PoemsRelated source material

The complete prose of Marianne MooreRelated source material

Observations: PoemsRelated source material

Becoming Marianne Moore: The Early Poems, 1907-1924Related source material

The complete poems of Marianne MooreRelated source material

Idiosyncrasy & TechniqueRelated source material

The Selected Letters of Marianne MooreRelated source material

Collected PoemsRelated source material

Festschrift for Marianne Moore's seventy seventh birthdayRelated source material

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