Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art. – Ezra Pound
Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound
Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art. – Ezra Pound
Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound
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
Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. – Ezra Pound
In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – Jane Smiley