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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

“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

“They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.”

Self Fighting Enemy Sun Scene Sick Shining Pity Fats Self Pity

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“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

“The prey of fear, he, always curtailed, extinguished, thwarted by the dusk, work partly done, says to the alternating blaze, "Again the sun! anew each day; and new and new and new, that comes into and steadies my soul."”

Soul Done Fear Sun My Soul Each Day Prey Dusk

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“The mind is an enchanting thing is an enchanted thing, like the glaze on a katydid-wing subdivided by sun till the nettings are legion.”

Mind Sun Wings Enchanted Legion Enchanting

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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