Famous quotes containing the words ezra pound, pound and/or italy:
“Yet
Ere the season died a-cold
Borne upon a zephyr’s shoulder
Irose through the aureate sky”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand ... borders upon insanity and absurdity—or at least is reminiscent of childhood.”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)