Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. – 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. – Ezra Pound
Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound