Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Principles Quotes

There are still plenty of great artists in the modern world. The problem is that they all have to suffer in obscurity and poverty because nobody appreciates how great they are. People just want Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey, and no one cares about truly great writing. Pound finds this pretty despicable, but he also knows that there's not much he can do about it.

For Pound, one principle remains unchanging, and that's the inherent value of beauty. In these lines especially, he says that time eventually destroys all things, like buildings, cars, and even human beings. But the one thing that isn't broken down by change is beauty.