I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron, I should have been able to do better.
EZRA POUNDA man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass.
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Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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Wars are made to make debt.
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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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