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Ezra Pound Quotes about Language

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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

Ezra Pound
Language, Language Learning, Humans
Sophocles, Ezra Pound, Rudd Fleming, Carey Perloff (1990). “Elektra”, p.17, New Directions Publishing

Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.

Ezra Pound
Essentials, Language, Poetry Is

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Ezra Pound
Writing, Pounds, Language
Ezra Pound, Marcella Spann (1964). “Confucius to Cummings: An Anthology of Poetry”, p.338, New Directions Publishing

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.

Ezra Pound
Age, Literature, Language
John Patrick Sullivan, Ezra Pound, Sextus Propertius (1964). “Ezra Pound and Sextus Propertius: a study in creative translation”

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.

Ezra Pound
Degrees, Language, Form
Sophocles, Ezra Pound, Rudd Fleming, Carey Perloff (1990). “Elektra”, p.17, New Directions Publishing

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