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Don’t be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.

Ezra Pound

Poetry is a very complex art, It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.
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Art Bound Convention Poetry Sound Symbol
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Decline Education Literature Nation
The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Image Poetry Primary
The only history that matters is the history we know.
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History Known
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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Body Chemicals Death Limitation Moments Necessary
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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Approval Ban Believe Music View
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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Mistake Prejudice Stupidity Worst
Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
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General Meet Statement Value
Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
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Bad Interest Music Poet
Rhythm is form cut into time.
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Form Rhythm Time
The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
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Argument Oneself People Start Technique Truth
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
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Himself Hold Ideas Man
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Human Language Sum Wisdom
The artist is always beginning.
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Artist Beginning One Liner

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