Quotes by Pound, Ezra

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

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorou >>

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

Quotations about Books - Reading

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. >>

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthe >>

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with >>

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Pound, Ezra