Poetry must be as well written as prose.
EZRA POUNDWhat thou lovest well remains.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles.
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The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
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If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Every great change is simple.
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The what is so much more important than how.
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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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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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Literature is news that stays news.
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I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
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A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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Either move or be moved.
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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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