Technique is the test of sincerity.
EZRA POUND
EZRA POUND
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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.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
Ezra PoundEzra 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.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound Artists are the antennae of the race.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound What thou lovest well remains.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
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I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you’re not that good. You just reached the level here. I don’t ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.
Quentin TarantinoQuentin Tarantino Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody It may be difficult to understand why a test comes our way, but we must never forget that the test is accomplishing refining and purification.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning I believe there’s 31 flavors to be tasted. I’m just living my life. I don’t want to be your kind of good.
PinkPink Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.
David DeidaDavid Deida