Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.
quote by Ezra Pound
Added by Lucian Velea
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Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial Lord
O fan of white silk,
clear as frost on the grass-blade,
You also are laid aside.
poem by Ezra Pound
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To Êáëüí (Greek title)
Even in my dreams you have denied yourself to me
And sent me only your handmaids.
poem by Ezra Pound
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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
quote by Ezra Pound
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The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
quote by Ezra Pound
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No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
quote by Ezra Pound
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Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
quote by Ezra Pound
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I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.
quote by Ezra Pound
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L'Art
Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,
Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.
poem by Ezra Pound
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L’Art
Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,
Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.
poem by Ezra Pound
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
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