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Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance...

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

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I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic — I mean my motion. – Ezra Pound

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Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound

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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and forty-eight. – Ezra Pound

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When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment. – Pete Townshend

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