Marianne Moore Quotes


Honesty - however dangerous - should be as valuable as radium it seems to me.


Citations

Moore, Marianne. The Selected Letters of Marianne Moore. Edited by Bonnie Costello et al., Knopf, 1997, p. 182.

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Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore
  • Born: November 15, 1887
  • Died: February 5, 1972
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Marianne Craig Moore was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit.