I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
EZRA POUNDWhat thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.
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Poetry is a very complex art, It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer thinks from books, convention and cliché, not from real life.
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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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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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The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.
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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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