In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
EZRA POUNDIn our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
EZRA POUNDThere is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight.
EZRA POUNDHumanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
EZRA POUNDMusic begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance, poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
EZRA POUNDDon’t be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.
EZRA POUNDThe primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
EZRA POUNDOur own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence.
EZRA POUNDWhen two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
EZRA POUNDAny general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
EZRA POUNDEither move or be moved.
EZRA POUNDPay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
EZRA POUNDUse no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
EZRA POUNDA civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
EZRA POUNDCome, 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.
EZRA POUNDA real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
EZRA POUNDWhat 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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