He was a member of various groups-the imagist group, the Egoist group, the Sphericists, other groups piquantly named; versed in the new psychology, playing upon the word "pragmatism" as upon a violin.
"The Wrong Twin"
Harry Leon Wilson
But Crane was an imagist before our modern imagists were known.
"Men, Women, and Boats"
Stephen Crane
Miss Lowell many times, in admirable articles, stated the principles upon which Imagism is based, notably in the Preface to "Some imagist Poets" and in the Preface to the second series, in 1916. She also elaborated it much more fully in her volume, "Tendencies in Modern American Poetry", 1917, in the articles pertaining to the work of "H.D." and John Gould Fletcher.
"Sword Blades and Poppy Seed"
Amy Lowell