Richard Avedon | Ezra Pound

Posted: December 24th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Poetry

Ezra Pound at William Carlos Williams' house in 1958 by Richard Avedon

Ezra Pound at William Carlos Williams' house in 1958 by Richard Avedon

Either move or be moved.

-Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound, 1945 mug shot

Ezra Pound, 1945 mug shot

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there… Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.

-Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound, Easter 1971, Burano, Italy by Franz Larese

Ezra Pound, Easter 1971, Burano, Italy by Franz Larese

Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.

-Ezra Pound
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2 Comments on “Richard Avedon | Ezra Pound”

  1. 1 Shipra Chauhan said at 2:58 pm on December 24th, 2009:

    Beautiful. His words, as well as the portraiture! I am moved.

  2. 2 Autumn by T.E. Hulme « Read A Little Poetry said at 6:07 am on April 18th, 2011:

    [...] friend sent me a photo of Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon. It was exquisite. The poet and the photographer, both. Was looking for more photos of Pound [...]

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