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Quote by Ezra Pound
It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must

It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week. – 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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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 could I trust starve like a gentleman. Its listed as part of the poetic training, you know. – Ezra Pound

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I love doing normal things – movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths – thats a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums. – Christina Aguilera

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than Ive ever seen them before. – Jerry Saltz

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