So very difficult, Yeats, beauty so difficult

Μιά τυχαία συνάντηση του Θ.

σήμερα, οδός Μεγάλου Βασιλείου, Ρουφ

Les hommes ont je ne sais quelle peur étrange,
said Monsieur Whoosis, de la beauté

La beauté, “Beauty is difficult, Yeats” said Aubrey Beardsley

when Yeats asked why he drew horrors
or at least not Burne-Jones
and Beardsley knew he was dying and had to
make his hit quickly

Hence no more B-J in his product.

So very difficult, Yeats, beauty so difficult.




Ezra Pound, Canto LXXX
 

 
 
[Νικόλας Κάλας, Η Τέχνη την Εποχή της Διακύβευσης και άλλα δοκίμια, εκδ. Άγρα, μτφ. Ανδρέας Παππάς]