Quotes by Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

‘Tis not need we know our every thought Or see the work shop where each mask is wrought Wherefrom we view the world of box and pit, Careless of wear, just so the mask shall fit And serve our jape’s turn for a night or two.

Night

Views

Work

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‘Tis the white stag, Fame, we’re a-hunting, bid the world’s hounds come to horn!

Hunting

White

World

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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

Civilization

Giving

Men

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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

Classic

Definitions

Fit

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A crowd pagan as ever imperial Rome was, eager, careless, with an animal vigour unlike that of any European crowd that I have ever looked at.

Animal

New York

Rome

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A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.

Gang

Loathing

Sound

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A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.

Age

Language

Literature

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A little light, like a rushlight / to lead back to splendour.

Light

Littles

Splendour

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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

Expression

Genius

Men

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

Civilization

Hope

Men

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