Ezra Pound

"History is the witness to the passage of time."

"The worth of a work is determined by its truth."

"To be alive is to be constantly learning."

"The path of least resistance leads nowhere of value."

"The soul is the seat of wisdom and power."

"The greatest achievement is the pursuit of excellence."

"The test of poetry is the reading of it."

"Literature is news that stays news."

"Make it new."

"The poet is a light and winged and holy thing."

"Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree."

"Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"Artists are the antennae of the race."

"The natural object is always the adequate symbol."

"Humility is the first of the virtues."

"Come, my songs, let us express the atmosphere of this dawn."

"Better to ask than to assume."

"Knowledge is understanding something completely."

"No man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape him."

"When words fail, music speaks."

"The hunger of the imagination exceeds the hunger of the belly."

"Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing."

"The moment of sudden understanding is often the most precious."

"Until you have known truly beautiful music, you have not truly lived."

"A great age is in the hands of the artists."

"The glory of the world passes away."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation."

"Technique is the test of sincerity."

"No ideas but in things."