The natural object is always the adequate symbol. Ezra Pound More Quotes by Ezra Pound More Quotes From Ezra Pound Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a 'country run by Jews,' Ezra Pound runningeuropecountry The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language. Ezra Pound language-learninglanguagehumans Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity. Ezra Pound simple-lifesimplicitymen Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel. Ezra Pound nickelsflagsfighting In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only one MUST leave the other elements irregular. Ezra Pound elementslikespoetry If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays. Ezra Pound rehabilitationdecayliterature Seems fairly clear that you fix a breed by LIMITING the amount of alien infiltration. You make a race by homogeneity and by avoiding INbreeding.... No argument has ever been sprouted against it. You like it in dogs and horses. Ezra Pound horseracedog A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. Ezra Pound givingmencivilization I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me. Ezra Pound capturedsilence The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. Ezra Pound vortexenergyideas It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself. Ezra Pound artisthumanity The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public. Ezra Pound inferioritymadnessgenius To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers. Ezra Pound no-moneyaimstates Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett') Ezra Pound no-friendsrichremember Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. Ezra Pound languagepoundswriting The temple is holy because it is not for sale. Ezra Pound templesholy When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish. Ezra Pound empireskingdomsfall Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts. Ezra Pound humanitytreeart Poetry is a very complex art.... It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols. Ezra Pound poetrysoundart What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage. Ezra Pound elysiumdrossheritage
