Marianne Moore Quotes

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and end up shouting at one another in block capitals.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how.

Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.

The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.

I try to be as clear as I can be.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

I'm a huge believer in clarity.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

I say what I mean. I don't speak in code. That's why I am a star and ace communicator.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

The most important thing is to have something important to say and finding the means to say it.

I have an obligation as a writer to tell a story as interestingly as possible, but with integrity and not inserting false drama... I'm looking to be subtle, but being a wordsmith does not interest me - I want to communicate.

I say what is required to be said.

When you have nothing to say, you don't talk.

I speak English my way, but people understand it. You can understand everything I say, and that's the most important thing.

I like people who tell you what they think straight away instead of going around in circles.

Honest communication is a rare thing.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

Clarity is the most important thing to me - in thinking - and so I try in the books to be as clear as possible.