The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. – Ezra Pound
Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. – Ezra Pound
Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound
If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practised, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point. – Ezra Pound