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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Good art however "immoral" is wholly a thing of virtue. ... Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mea... Go to Quote / Comment
The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. Go to Quote / Comment
no picture is made to endure nor to live with but it is made to sell and sell quickly... Go to Quote / Comment
The jargon of these sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner. Go to Quote / Comment
May God damn for ever all who cry \'Peace!' Go to Quote / Comment