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Ezra Pound

Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.
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Art Definition Failure Myself Popular Religion
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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Ability Existence Function Literature Main Writing
No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer thinks from books, convention and cliché, not from real life.
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Goodness Life Reality Thinking Writing
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Human Language Sum Wisdom
Rhythm must have meaning.
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Meaning One Liner Rhythm
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.
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Artist Build Creation Equality Money World
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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Artist Creation Himself Work
The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
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Energy Ideas Image
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
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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Better Friendship Pity Remember Rich
The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Adequate Natural One Liner Symbol
Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature News One Liner Stay
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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Close Diminish Empire Word
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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Act Imply People Point Quiet Ring Symbol
Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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Advertisement Science Soap Way
All great art is born of the metropolis.
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Art Born Greatness Metropolis

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