Quotes by Pound, Ezra

All great art is born of the metropolis. >>

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translation >>

But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squan >>

A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles. >>

A writer should be a joyous optimist. Anything that implies rejection >>

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Pound, Ezra