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And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not fa

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there… Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. – 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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The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. – Ezra Pound

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Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art. – Ezra Pound

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