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Ezra Pound Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth Picture Quote #1

If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good Picture Quote #1

A man’s hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time Picture Quote #1

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring Picture Quote #1

The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public Picture Quote #1

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Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt Picture Quote #1

Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap Picture Quote #1

Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work Picture Quote #1

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth Picture Quote #1

The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for the human emotions. If one has a mind which inclines to magic rather than science, one will prefer to speak of these equations as spells or incantations; it sounds more arcane, mysterious, recondite Picture Quote #1

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Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music Picture Quote #1

There died a myriad, and of the best among them, for an old bitch gone in the teeth, for a botched civilization Picture Quote #1

The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully fostered by the inferiority complex of the public Picture Quote #1

The jargon of these 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 Picture Quote #1

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You let me throw the bricks through the front window. You go in at the back and take the swag Picture Quote #1

Men do not understand books until they have had a certain amount of life, until they have seen and lived at least part of their contents Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth (Ezra Pound Quotes) 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 Quotes) A man’s hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time (Ezra Pound Quotes) The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring (Ezra Pound Quotes) The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public (Ezra Pound Quotes) Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt (Ezra Pound Quotes) Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap (Ezra Pound Quotes) Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work (Ezra Pound Quotes) The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth (Ezra Pound Quotes) The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning (Ezra Pound Quotes) Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for the human emotions. If one has a mind which inclines to magic rather than science, one will prefer to speak of these equations as spells or incantations; it sounds more arcane, mysterious, recondite (Ezra Pound Quotes) Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art (Ezra Pound Quotes) 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 Quotes) Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music (Ezra Pound Quotes) There died a myriad, and of the best among them, for an old bitch gone in the teeth, for a botched civilization (Ezra Pound Quotes) The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully fostered by the inferiority complex of the public (Ezra Pound Quotes) The jargon of these 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 Quotes) You let me throw the bricks through the front window. You go in at the back and take the swag (Ezra Pound Quotes) Men do not understand books until they have had a certain amount of life, until they have seen and lived at least part of their contents (Ezra Pound Quotes)

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