The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.
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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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Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight.
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Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
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The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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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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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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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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