Quotes by Pound, Ezra

I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon >>

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays. >>

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

A picture is a poem without words. >>

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, th >>

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. >>

But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY.

Pound, Ezra