Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
EZRA POUNDI would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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What thou lovest well remains.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Wars are made to make debt.
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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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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
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Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.
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