Technique is the test of sincerity.
EZRA POUNDAny damn fool can be spontaneous.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
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Rhythm must have meaning.
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The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.
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To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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The only history that matters is the history we know.
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The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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Every great change is simple.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
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