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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: "Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure..."
Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy..."
Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Either move or be moved."
Either move or be moved. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "All great art is born of the metropolis."
All great art is born of the metropolis. Ezra Pound
I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never..."
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work. --Ezra Pound Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him."
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. Ezra Pound
The jargon of sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I..."
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "When two men in business always agree, one of them is..."
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. Ezra Pound
There once was a brainy baboon who always breathed down a bassoon for he said, It appears that in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune. Ezra Pound
But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY. Ezra Pound
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man."
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one..."
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Ezra Pound

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