All Ezra Pound Quotes
- The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public. Akin
- See, they return; ah, see the tentative Movements, and the slow feet, The trouble in the pace and the uncertain Wavering! See, they return, one,… Ah
- Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some… Adventure
- The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity. Art
- Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity. Complicated
- Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt. Debt
- 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… Action
- Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap. Advertising
- That text is known to them that have the patience to read it, possibly one one-hundredth of one percent of the denizens. They forget it,… All
- Usura slayeth the child in the womb It stayeth the young man's courting It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth between the young bride and… Bed
- Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry; These the keen-scented; These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men! Blood
- The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into heaps and… Beneath
- And the betrayers of language ...... n and the press gang And those who had lied for hire; The perverts, the perverters of language, the… Betrayers
- The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made order, or made grace, Pull… Ant
- Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists. Antennae
- Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe. American
- Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the… Abracadabra
- The artist is always beginning. Always Beginning
- Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Adjective
- Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work. Attention
- America, my country, is almost a continent and hardly yet a nation. America
- The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth. Arguing
- With Usura With usura hath no man a house of good stone each block cut smooth and well fitting. Block
- No picture is made to endure nor to live with but it is made to sell and sell quickly with usura, sin against nature, is… Bread
- Artists are the antennae of the race. Antennae