All great art is born of the metropolis.

Ezra Pound

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Topic

Cities Rural vs. urban

Author

Ezra Pound

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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Life does not consist mainly—or even largely—of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Autobiography

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Topic
Inner life Thoughts

Author

Mark Twain
Source
Mark Twain's Autobiography
Medium
Speech
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Autobiography. Vol. 1, Harper & Brothers, 1924.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "New York, January 10, 1906." Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Diane Myrick, and Robert Hirst. Vol. 1, University of California Press, 2010.

Another quote from 1913

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Louis Brandeis

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Topic
Transparency in government

Author

Louis Brandeis
Source
What Publicity Can Do Harper's Magazine
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Brandeis, Louis. "What Publicity Can Do." Harper's Weekly, 20 Dec. 1913.