It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
EZRA POUNDThe primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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A man’s hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.
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Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.
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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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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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Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
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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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The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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