Ezra Pound Quotes about Criticism

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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.

Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.

Ezra Pound

Men, Criticism, Attention

Ezra Pound (1968). “Literary Essays of Ezra Pound”, p.4, New Directions Publishing

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later.

Ezra Pound

Writing, Criticism, Literature

Ezra Pound (1991). “Ezra Pound's Poetry and Prose: 1920-1927, C522-C599a”