"Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art." ― Ezra Pound Topic(s): Religion More From Ezra Pound "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." "Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance… poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music." "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." More In Religion "I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases."― J. Michael Straczynski "Our theme for this year’s festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream."― Lucille Roybal-Allard "There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults."― Emily Greene Balch