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Ezra Pound Quotes: "What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely."

What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap."

Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.




Ezra Pound Quotes: "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."

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.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Rhythm must have meaning."

Rhythm must have meaning.




Ezra Pound Quotes: "The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth."

The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The artist is the antenna of the race."

The artist is the antenna of the race.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you."

I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.




Ezra Pound Quotes: "No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents."

No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music."

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public."

The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "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."

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.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse."

It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.




Ezra Pound Quotes: "Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand."

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight"

There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work."

Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing."

Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear."

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism."

The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary."

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Every great change is simple."

Every great change is simple.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE."

The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever."

I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett')"

Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett')



Ezra Pound Quotes: "A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations."

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron.... I should have been able to do better."

I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron.... I should have been able to do better.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "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."

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.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The only history that matters is the history we know."

The only history that matters is the history we know.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts."

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention."

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control nature for a time."

Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control nature for a time.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise."

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "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."

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.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort."

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes."

Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown."

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will."

Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity."

The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval."

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity."

Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Glance is the enemy of vision."

Glance is the enemy of vision.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The natural object is always the adequate symbol."

The natural object is always the adequate symbol.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish."

When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Utter originality is, of course, out of the question."

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Poetry is a very complex art.... It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols."

Poetry is a very complex art.... It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art."

Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting."

The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "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."

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.



Ezra Pound Quotes: "Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use."

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.