The what is so much more important than how.
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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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism, the great masters of the past boasted all they could of it and found it magical.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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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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I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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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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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
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Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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Rhythm must have meaning.
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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
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