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Quote by Ezra Pound
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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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. – Ezra Pound

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A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations. – Ezra Pound

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