Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
EZRA POUNDGood art however ‘immoral’ is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
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The only history that matters is the history we know.
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Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever.
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What thou lovest well remains.
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If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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