“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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It ought to be illegal for an
“It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: art
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And New York is the most beautiful
“And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there… Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: poetry
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Music begins to atrophy when it departs
“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance… poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: poetry
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Music begins to atrophy when it departs
“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance… poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: music
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Real education must ultimately be limited to
“Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: education
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If the individual, or heretic, gets hold
“If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: truth
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When two men in business always agree,
“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: men
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When two men in business always agree,
“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: business
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Religion, oh, just another of those numerous
“Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: religion
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A great age of literature is perhaps
“A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: age
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