Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
EZRA POUNDUse no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
EZRA POUNDFrom the colour the nature And by the nature the sign! Beatific spirits welding together As in one ash-tree in Ygdrasail.
EZRA POUNDThe art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
EZRA POUNDThe 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.
EZRA POUNDEither move or be moved.
EZRA POUNDNo man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
EZRA POUNDA little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
EZRA POUNDThe difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
EZRA POUNDThe technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
EZRA POUNDGreat literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
EZRA POUNDThe artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
EZRA POUNDWhen two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
EZRA POUNDThe natural object is always the adequate symbol.
EZRA POUNDIf a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
EZRA POUNDRhythm must have meaning.
EZRA POUNDAny damn fool can be spontaneous.
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