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Ezra Pound Quotes

Ezra Pound quotes about light

American Poet October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972

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There is the subtler music, the clear light. Where time burns back about th'eternal embers. We are not shut from the thousand heavens: Lo, there are many gods whom we have seen, Folk of unearthly fashion, places splendid, Bulwarks of beryl and of chrysophrase. Sapphire Benacus, in thy mists and thee. Nature herself's turned metaphysical, Who can look at that blue and not believe? Ezra Pound
I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" She was using the age-old language of exploration, the language of art. It was a sort of metaphor, but she was not using it as ornamentation. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought..."
Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be..."
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit."
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit. Ezra Pound

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