Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an expatriate US poet and critic who was a major figure in the early modernist movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of Imagism, a movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language.
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A heroic figure... not wholly to blame for the religion that's been foisted on him. Go to Quote / Comment
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. Go to Quote / Comment
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment
It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth between the young bride and her bridegroom... Go to Quote / Comment