Best Ezra Pound Quotations
- Rhythm must have meaning. Funny
- Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. Down
- The age demanded an image Of its accelerated grimace, Something for the modern stage, Not, at any rate, an Attic grace. Accelerated
- Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. Capacity
- I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them. Definition
- A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. Free
- Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music. Atrophy
- Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. Education
- A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression. Any
- The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Chance
- Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. Any
- It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his… Art
- When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. Agree
- And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there...… Aether
- Literature is news that stays news. Book
- Either move or be moved. Action
- A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. Answer
- Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. Accurate
- No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. Book
- The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. Act
- All great art is born of the metropolis. All
- Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market. Been
- A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct. Bases
- Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture. Art
- I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible. Anyone
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