Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. – Ezra Pound
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. – Ezra Pound
Its odd, because I used to see pictures, on telly or wherever, of what I now know to be Shaftesbury Avenue and I used to wonder what that amazing street with all the lights was. Well, now I know. I think when you get a wee taste of something, it maybe isnt what you thought it was. – Shirley Henderson