Quotes by Pound, Ezra

I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the po >>

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them. >>

In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to re >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

Through art we express our conception of what nature is not. >>

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist >>

Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by vir >>

Good art however immoral is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

Pound, Ezra