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Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.

Ezra Pound

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
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Expression Human Language Sum Wisdom
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
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Art Curiosity Letters Survive Willing
Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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Average Cheap Desire Mediocre
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing
Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.
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Blame Hero Himself Religion Stand Wisdom
To break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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Break Heaven Parameter
Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Artist Race
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
It doesn’t matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.
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Finish Solid Stand Table Yourself
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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Desire Dust Forever Myself Yourself
There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.
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Artificial Ignorance Moments Myself Natural
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
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
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Artist Beginning Discover Invention Worth
It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Artist Aware Business Humanity

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