Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
EZRA POUNDGenius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
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Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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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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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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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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