Artists are the antennae of the race.
EZRA POUNDA real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
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Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers.
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Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only one MUST leave the other elements irregular.
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The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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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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What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance, poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
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What thou lovest well remains.
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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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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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