Ezra Pound quote: I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" ...

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 ...

~ Ezra Pound ~

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