The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
EZRA POUNDIf I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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The only history that matters is the history we know.
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass.
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Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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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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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.
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The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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