“The artist is the antenna of the race.”
– Ezra Pound, 1885-1972, expatriate American, poet, critic, editor
More on Ezra Pound:
Ezra Pound’s List of 23 “Don’ts” For Writing Poetry (1913)
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Working in London in the early 20th century as foreign editor of several American literary magazines, Pound helped discover and shape the work of contemporaries such as
T. S. Eliot,
James Joyce,
Robert Frost and
Ernest Hemingway.He was responsible for the 1915 publication of Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and the serialization from 1918 of Joyce’s Ulysses. Hemingway wrote of him in 1925: “He defends [his friends] when they are attacked, he gets them into magazines and out of jail. … He introduces them to wealthy women. He gets publishers to take their books. He sits up all night with them when they claim to be dying … he advances them hospital expenses and dissuades them from suicide.”
Hemingway wrote: “The best of Pound’s writing – and it is in the Cantos – will last as long as there is any literature.”
Excerpts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound
Art of Quotation 
Reblogged this on Musings and commented:
That’s why they are so despised and distrusted because the antenna has a mirror attached to it…
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Arshia, thank you for reblogging!
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True.:)
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“I know, right?!” – as they say in the vernacular!
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This is one of my favorite poets, I especially remember him for the poem “In a Station of the Metro”, it embodies his succinct style that contains so much meaning in each word and his famous quote “make it new”
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I thank you so much for reminding me of this work. I must go read anew! Thank you as well for visiting my blog and taking the time to let me hear your thoughts!
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Of course, always a great read.
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I always wondered why Eliot never took him up on his offer of financial help. But truth be told, I’ve always been a bigger fan of Pound’s work.
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Thanks so much for writing on this post. I have to admit I was not familiar with the role Pound played in other writers lives – at least not to that degree. It was a real eye opener. I too may have a leaning toward Ezra. A most interesting, aware, deep soul. Have a great weekend.
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