Ezra Pound Quotes about Giving

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Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for the human emotions. If one has a mind which inclines to magic rather than science,

Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for the human emotions. If one has a mind which inclines to magic rather than science, one will prefer to speak of these equations as spells or incantations; it sounds more arcane, mysterious, recondite.

Ezra Pound

Squares, Giving, Mind

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

Ezra Pound

Men, Civilization, Giving

Ezra Pound (1952). “Guide to Kulchur”, p.137, New Directions Publishing

The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.

Ezra Pound

Artist, Giving, Doe

Ezra Pound (1950). “Patria Mia”, Chicago, Seymour

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

Ezra Pound

Passion, White, Giving

Ezra Pound (1990). “Personae: The Shorter Poems (Revised Edition)”, p.101, New Directions Publishing

Ezra Pound Quotes about Giving

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