Artists are the antennae of the race.
EZRA POUNDLiberty is not a right but a duty.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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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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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Small talk comes from small bones.
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The what is so much more important than how.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
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Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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It doesn’t matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.
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Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
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