Rhythm must have meaning.
EZRA POUNDRhythm must have meaning.
EZRA POUNDChrist can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.
EZRA POUNDUse no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
EZRA POUNDThe apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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 POUNDPoetry is a very complex art, It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.
EZRA POUNDIf a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
EZRA POUNDSmall talk comes from small bones.
EZRA POUNDWhat 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.
EZRA POUNDEvery great change is simple.
EZRA POUNDA man’s hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.
EZRA POUNDDiscoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.
EZRA POUNDThe temple is holy because it is not for sale.
EZRA POUNDFundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
EZRA POUNDThe concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
EZRA POUNDThe serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.
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