49 Beautiful Ezra Pound Quotes
![Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18494.jpg)
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
![Literature is news that stays news.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18495.jpg)
Literature is news that stays news.
![There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18496.jpg)
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight
![The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet black bough.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18497.jpg)
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
![And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
Not shaking the grass](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18498.jpg)
And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass
![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.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18499.jpg)
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.
![Speak against unconscious oppression,
Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative,
Speak against bonds.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18500.jpg)
Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.
![No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18501.jpg)
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
![Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18502.jpg)
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.
![A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18503.jpg)
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
![I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever and forever.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18504.jpg)
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
![If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18505.jpg)
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good
![The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18507.jpg)
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
![Rhythm must have meaning.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18506.jpg)
Rhythm must have meaning.
![What thou lovest well remains,
the rest is dross
What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18508.jpg)
What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage
![With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18509.jpg)
With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.
![Glance is the enemy of vision.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18510.jpg)
Glance is the enemy of vision.
![This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18511.jpg)
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
![It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18514.jpg)
It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.
![The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18512.jpg)
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
![A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18513.jpg)
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
![I have tried to write Paradise
Do not move
Let the wind speak
that is paradise.
Let the Gods forgive what I
have made
Let those I love try to forgive
what I have made.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18515.jpg)
I have tried to write Paradise Do not move Let the wind speak that is paradise. Let the Gods forgive what I have made Let those I love try to forgive what I have made.
![The temple is holy because it is not for sale](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18516.jpg)
The temple is holy because it is not for sale
![When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18518.jpg)
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
![Good art however](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18517.jpg)
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.
![The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18519.jpg)
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
![The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18520.jpg)
The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.
![Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18521.jpg)
Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands.
![I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18522.jpg)
I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
![Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/ezra-pound-18523.jpg)
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.