Pound

Famous quotes containing the word pound:

    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.
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn’t worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value.
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)