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Ezra Pound Quotes about Reading

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No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Ezra Pound
Book, Reading, Writing
Ezra Pound, Michael Dirda (2010). “ABC of Reading”, p.100, New Directions Publishing

Literature is news that stays news.

Ezra Pound
Book, Inspiration, Reading
The ABC of Reading ch. 2 (1934)

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Ezra Pound
Book, Reading, Power

Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever.

Ezra Pound
Book, Reading, Forever

With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.

Ezra Pound
Book, Reading, Men
Ezra Pound (1970). “The Cantos of Ezra Pound”, p.447, New Directions Publishing

The book shd. be a ball of light in one's hand.

Ezra Pound
Book, Reading, Light
Ezra Pound (1952). “Guide to Kulchur”, p.55, New Directions Publishing

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