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The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does

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"The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting"

- Ezra Pound

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This quote is written / told by Ezra Pound between October 30, 1885 and November 1, 1972. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 48 other quotes.

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