The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
Ezra PoundAs for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There's nothing in it.
Ezra PoundGood writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
Ezra Pound