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Ezra Pound Quotes

Ezra Pound quotes

American Poet October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972

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Ezra Pound quote: "In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as..."
In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries. Ezra Pound
The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "L'artGreen arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth, Crushed..."
L'artGreen arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth, Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes. 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: "A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit."
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit. Ezra Pound
Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. 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
Ezra Pound quote: "The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a..."
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth. Ezra Pound
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church..."
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval. Ezra Pound
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures..."
Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art. Ezra Pound
As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady. Ezra Pound

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