Quotes by Ezra Pound
The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
Pound, Ezra
Literature is news that stays news.
Pound, Ezra
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
Pound, Ezra
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
Pound, Ezra
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and forty-eight.
Pound, Ezra
Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.
Pound, Ezra