Art Quote by Marianne Moore

... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ... ... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its…

— Marianne Moore

“[Marianne Moore's definition of genuine poetry] -- Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.”

— Marianne Moore

The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.

— Liane Moriarty

I'm creating an imaginary — it's always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.

— William S. Burroughs

The poet Marianne Moore famously wrote of 'real toads in imaginary gardens,' and the labyrinth offers us the possibility of being real creatures in…

— Rebecca Solnit

“You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I…

— William S. Burroughs

“religion, in effect, is creating an imaginary problem simply so that it can sell an imaginary solution.”

— Armin Navabi

As so many writers know, the experience of creating an imaginary world is closer to dreaming than it is to normal, grit-your-teeth work. It's…

— David Ignatius

You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I…

— William S. Burroughs

I love being part of a group who tells stories, whether it be in the theater or in cinema, and I love creating imaginary…

— Jeremy Irons

In a sense, if you're not getting it wrong really a lot when you're creating imaginary futures, then you're just not doing it enough.…

— William Gibson

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully…

— William C. Bryant