Famous quotes containing the words ezra pound, pound and/or paris:
“install me in any profession
Save this damn’d profession of writing,
where one needs one’s brains all the time.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“What counts is the cultural level,”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald’s food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and “retro” clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.”
—Jean François Lyotard (b. 1924)