AT ABOUT THIS POINT the weak-hearted reader usually sits do… - Ezra Pound

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AT ABOUT THIS POINT the weak-hearted reader usually sits down in the road, removes his shoes and weeps that he 'is a bad linguist' or that he or she can't possibly learn all those languages. One has to divide the readers who want to be experts from those who do not, and divide, as it were, those who want to see the world from those who merely want to know WHAT PART OF IT THEY LIVE IN.

Ezra Pound

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About Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet, musician and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in early to mid-20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements including Imagism and Vorticism.

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Native Name: Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Alternative Names: Ezra Loomis Pound

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Poetry must be as well written as prose.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

"You damn sadist!" said mr. cummings,
"you try to make people think."

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