"Artists are the antennae of the race." — Ezra Pound
"Artists are the antennae of the race."
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174 Quotes by Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound has 174 quotes on this site.
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The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding…
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If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.
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The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one…
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Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control…
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All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew…
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with…
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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because…
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If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then…
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When the moon shall have faded out from the sky, and the sun shall shine at noonday a dull cherry…
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When your house contains such a complex of piping, flues, ducts, wires, lights, inlets, outlets, ovens, sinks, refuse disposers, hi-fi…
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There's something wonderfully exciting about the quiet sing song of an aeroplane overhead with all the guns in creation lighting…
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Think for yourself, and believe in yourself. Keep your skeptical antennae tuned in and in good working order at all…
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Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists.
— Ezra Pound
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Successful entrepreneurs may hate hierarchies and structures and try to destroy them. They may garner the disapproval of MBAs for…
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Sometimes the best ideas I have are in my bathtub or in my bed or in my dreams early in…
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By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack…
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At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.
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I did not feel drawn to huxley. He was beautiful physically but again without vibrations or sensory antennae... and I…
— Anais Nin
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To ignore, repress, or dismiss our feelings is to fail to listen to the stirrings of the Spirit within our…
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The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of…
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