Good art however ‘immoral’ is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
EZRA POUNDGlance is the enemy of vision.
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The only history that matters is the history we know.
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Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles.
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A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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To break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.
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The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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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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What thou lovest well remains.
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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 little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
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Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
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It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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