Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.
EZRA POUNDArtists are the antennae of the race.
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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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The what is so much more important than how.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron, I should have been able to do better.
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The artist is always beginning.
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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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