I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
EZRA POUNDPoetry is a very complex art, It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.
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Don’t be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.
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Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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Either move or be moved.
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No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
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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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Rhythm must have meaning.
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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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A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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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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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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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 primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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