You have been second always. Tragical? No. You preferred it to the usual thing: One dull man, dulling and uxorious, One average mind- with one thought less, each year.
Ezra PoundI dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic -- I mean my motion.
Ezra PoundReligion I have defined as "Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art".
Ezra Pound