All great art is born of the metropolis.

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All great art is born of the metropolis.

Ezra Pound

1913

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Cities Rural vs. urban

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1913

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Ezra Pound

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Pound, Ezra. Letter to Harriet Monroe. 7 Nov. 1913.

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