Who said "The present is always rooted in the past."?

This quote is attributed to Ezra Pound.

The present is always rooted in the past. - Ezra Pound

"The present is always rooted in the past."

Ezra Pound Time

Poet Critic American 1885–1972

"Make it new."

"The natural object is always the adequate symbol."

"Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics."

"A poet is a light and winged and holy thing."

"Time waits for no one."

"Time spent with loved ones is never wasted."

"I've been alive for a long time. Long enough to know that you can't trust anyone."

"The past always catches up with you."