The artist is always beginning.
EZRA POUNDTo break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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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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If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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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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Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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What 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.
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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Every great change is simple.
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Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
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Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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