"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."
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Ezra Pound
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Quotes by Ezra Pound
"With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands."
"Speak against unconscious oppression,Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative,Speak against bonds."
"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."
"Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding."
"There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight"
"All great art is born of the metropolis."
"Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand."
"With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands."
"Rhythm must have meaning."
"This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man."
"This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man."