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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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. – Ezra Pound

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AS A MIND, who the hell else is there left for me to take an interest IN?? – Ezra Pound

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The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. – Ezra Pound

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The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music. – Martin Scorsese

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