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The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.

Ezra Pound

The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
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Art Curiosity Letters Survive Willing
Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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Duty Liberty One Liner Right
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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Artist Build Creation Equality Money World
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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Build Eyes Light Reality Stay
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Accurate Clear Goodness Language Writing
Rhythm must have meaning.
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Meaning One Liner Rhythm
Small talk comes from small bones.
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Body Bone Small Talk
It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Artist Aware Business Humanity
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
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Expression Human Language Sum Wisdom
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
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Classic Definition Forever Fresh Rule Structure
Christ 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.
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Blame Hero Himself Religion Stand Wisdom
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature News One Liner Stay
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Heritage True Well

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