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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Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

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...

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

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...

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...

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

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical...

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical...

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

Literature is my utopia

Literature is my utopia

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

I will beat thee into handsomeness

I will beat thee into handsomeness

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...