The only history that matters is the history we know.
EZRA POUNDEvery great change is simple.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.
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Small talk comes from small bones.
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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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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Wars are made to make debt.
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Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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Our own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence.
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Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Either move or be moved.
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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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Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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