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Ezra Pound Quotes

Ezra Pound quotes about good

American Poet October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972

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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
And the good writer chooses his words for their 'meaning', but that meaning is not a a set, cut-off thing like the move of knight or pawn on a chess-board. It comes up with roots, with associations, with how and where the word is familiarly used, or where it has been used brilliantly or memorably. Ezra Pound
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
Ezra Pound quote: "No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job."
No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job. Ezra Pound
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. It doesn't matter whether the good writer wants to be useful, or whether the good writer wants to be harm. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That..."
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions,..."
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good Ezra Pound

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