Ezra Pound Quotes

If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.

Ezra Pound

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• It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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• I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.

  

  M. J. Rose
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• I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.

  

  Karen Morley
  • King
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  • Daily

• My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Wife
  • Body
  • Complain

• I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • Science
  • Science fiction

• Foo, a beautiful gal wastes her time gracin' up this swamp.

  

  Walt Kelly
  • Up
  • Time
  • Beautiful

• The wind which passes through the skins of animals will make men leap up:-That is the bagpipes, which cause men to dance.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Up
  • Men
  • Dance

• Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.

  

  Claude Levi-Strauss

• Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

  

  Pliny the Elder
  • Work
  • Nature
  • Challenge

• I had fun doing a lot of low-budget movies and web series. And I got back into stand-up where I started.

  

  Mary Lynn Rajskub
  • Up
  • Fun

• Ever since Adam's day, the divine law of the Sabbath has been emphasized repeatedly over the centuries more than any other commandment. This long emphasis alone is an indication of its importance.

  

  James E. Faust
  • Long
  • Law
  • Alone

• Food is my thing, I do not smoke or drink, so food is my vice.

  

  Kathy Griffin
  • Food

• I love being a Go-Go. It definitely has its ups and downs, and we have a very intense energy with each other.

  

  Jane Wiedlin
  • Energy

• My father's a deacon, my mother's a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom if I could have a solo.

  

  Keke Palmer
  • Up
  • Mother
  • Father

• I had the luck of having an obedient body.

  

  Burt Lancaster
  • Luck

• I always hated the part when I had to look pretty. I love that I don't have to look pretty.

  

  Marsha Mason
  • Pretty

• The thing that I've always believed is that you have to follow your passion, and if climbing is your calling in life and your craft, to not do it is a tragedy. I am always going to encourage my children to follow their passions and dreams, whatever they are.

  

  Jimmy Chin
  • Life
  • Children
  • Passion

• It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.

  

  Carol Alt
  • Trying
  • Failure

• For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one.

  

  William McElcheran
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  • Mystic
  • Craftsman

• I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

  

  Jonathan Frakes
  • Money
  • Movie
  • Reality

• The working hours are easy in films, while there is always an anxiety on television. So the energies are very different.

  

  Barun Sobti
  • Different
  • Anxiety

• Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

  

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  • Done
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• You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill. I will choose a path thats clear. I will choose Freewill.

  

  Neil Peart Rush
  • Choose
  • Kill
  • Guide

• If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.

  

  Ezra Pound
  • Money
  • Artist
  • Needs