Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poet… — Quoted

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“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.”

Ezra Pound · Music

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Ezra Pound

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.

Poetry

Ezra Pound

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

Poetry

Ezra Pound

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Education

Ezra Pound

Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.

Religion