A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
EZRA POUNDThe act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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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 desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Rhythm must have meaning.
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Come, 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.
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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
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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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The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance, poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
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Either move or be moved.
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The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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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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The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention.
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