"Properly, we should read for power." — Ezra Pound

Properly, we should read for power. - Ezra Pound

"Properly, we should read for power."

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174 Quotes by Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound has 174 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding…
If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.
The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one…
Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control…
All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew…
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
The artist is the antenna of the race.
The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with…
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because…
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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