Ezra Pound Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Ezra Pound quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased poet born on Oct 30, 1885). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 51 we have for him.
“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.”
“Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.”
“No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.”
“Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.”
“Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value.”
“Literature is news that stays news.”
“A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.”
“All great art is born of the metropolis.”
“Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.”
“A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.”
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