Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Quote by Ezra Pound

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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions...

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at...

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

A book without an index is like a mind without a memory

A book without an index is like a mind without a memory

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is...

Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is...

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but...

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but...

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a...

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....