Ezra Pound Poetry Quotes

What did Ezra Pound say about Poetry?

Ezra Pound has written many quotes about Poetry. E.g.,

• Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
• 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.
• Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

What are the top most famous Poetry quotes by Ezra Pound?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Poetry by Ezra Pound.

• Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
• 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.
• Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.