All great art is born of the metropolis.
EZRA POUNDI guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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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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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
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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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Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
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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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I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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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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