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

Quote by Ezra Pound

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

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

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

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...

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

Literature is the immortality of speech

Literature is the immortality of speech

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...

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

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...