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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: "There is no reason why the same man should like the same books..."
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands."
With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of..."
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice..."
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism. Ezra Pound
A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall,..."
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to..."
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Don't be blinded by the theorists and a lying press."
Don't be blinded by the theorists and a lying press. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish..."
People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. Ezra Pound
You have been second always. Tragical? No. You preferred it to the usual thing: One dull man, dulling and uxorious, One average mind- with one thought less, each year. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "A great spirit has been amongst us, and a great artist is gone."
A great spirit has been amongst us, and a great artist is gone. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of..."
The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Allow me to say that I would long since have committed suicide..."
Allow me to say that I would long since have committed suicide had desisting made me a professor of Latin. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Go in fear of abstractions."
Go in fear of abstractions. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "I desired my dust to be mingled with yours. Forever and..."
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours. Forever and forever and forever. Ezra Pound

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