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Marianne Moore

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Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Her Collected Poems (1951) won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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Quotes from Marianne Moore

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

—Marianne Moore

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

—Marianne Moore

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

—Marianne Moore