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Ezra Pound

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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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Quote Left The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism. Quote Right
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Quote Left All great art is born of the metropolis. Quote Right
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Quote Left But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY. Quote Right
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Quote Left As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, when the hot water gives out or goes tepid, so is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, o my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady. Quote Right
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Quote Left AS A MIND, who the hell else is there left for me to take an interest IN?? Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things