Glance is the enemy of vision.
EZRA POUNDDemocracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.
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The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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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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The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.
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Wars are made to make debt.
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When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit.
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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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Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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