Quotes by Pound, Ezra

Wars are made to make debt. >>

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost >>

There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man >>

Quotations about Literature

How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessar >>

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by oth >>

Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the >>

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

Pound, Ezra