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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.

Ezra Pound

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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Classic Definition Forever Fresh Rule Structure
Every great change is simple.
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Change Greatness One Liner Simplicity
If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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Himself Man Opinion Risk Willing
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
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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Answer Balance Civilization Serious Value
Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Enemy One Liner Vision
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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General Meet Statement Value
What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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Believe Capacity Complete Ideas
Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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Advertisement Science Soap Way
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
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Book Content Deep Live Man See Understand
One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.
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Device Emotion Energy Familiar Oneself Pattern Represent Rhyme
The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Image Poetry Primary
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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Blame Hero Himself Religion Stand Wisdom
Rhythm must have meaning.
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Meaning One Liner Rhythm
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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Chance Kill Oneself People Problem Reality Right War
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Agreement Business Man Necessary Oneself

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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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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