Every great change is simple.
EZRA POUNDHumanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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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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What 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.
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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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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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Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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The 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.
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Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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It doesn’t matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.
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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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