Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value. Ezra Pound
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Ezra Pound
The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting. Ezra Pound
If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point. Ezra Pound
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval. Ezra Pound
