Quotes by Ezra Pound

Explore a curated collection of 46 quotes by Ezra Pound. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Speak against unconscious oppression,Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative,Speak against bonds. — Ezra Pound
It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse. — Ezra Pound
The Garden En robe de parade. - SamainLike a skein of loose silk blown against a wallShe walks by the railing of a path — Ezra Pound
L'artGreen arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth, Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes. — Ezra Pound
Literature is news which stays news. — Ezra Pound
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man. — Ezra Pound
The individual cannot think and communicate his thought, the governor and legislator cannot act effectively or frame his — Ezra Pound
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one — Ezra Pound
With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands. — Ezra Pound
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding. — Ezra Pound
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. — Ezra Pound
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight — Ezra Pound
Listen to me, attend me!And I will breathe into thee a soul,And thou shalt live for ever. — Ezra Pound
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth. — Ezra Pound
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. — Ezra Pound
Love thou thy dreamAll base love scorning,Love thou the windAnd here take warningThat dreams alone can truly be,For 'tis — Ezra Pound
I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" She was using the age-old — Ezra Pound
Great Literature is simply language charged to the utmost with meaning — Ezra Pound
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. — Ezra Pound
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity. — Ezra Pound