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title: "7 Dance Poetry Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Dance Poetry quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Dance Poetry sayings and thoughts."
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> [The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/the-author-s-conviction-on-this-day-of-new-year-is-that-music-begins/)

[Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/)

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> [The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy whenit departs too far from the dance;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-author-s-conviction-on-this-day-of-new-year-is-that-music-begins-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/anonymous-1_bach_the-author-s-conviction-on-this-day-of-n_432305.jpg)

> [“Yet, the questions dance around us, and only poetry can find the rhythm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisy-a-hickman/yet-the-questions-dance-around-us-and-only-poetry-can-find-the-rhythm/)

[Daisy A. Hickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisy-a-hickman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/daisy-a-hickman-229963_dance_yet-the-questions-dance-around-us-and-on_559165.jpg)

> [“Life is an affair of mystery; shared with companions of music, dance and poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shah-asad-rizvi/life-is-an-affair-of-mystery-shared-with-companions-of-music-dance/)

[Shah Asad Rizvi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shah-asad-rizvi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/shah-asad-rizvi-22004_artist_life-is-an-affair-of-mystery-shared-with_778698.jpg)

> [Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/music-begins-to-atrophy-when-it-departs-too-far-from-the-dance-poetry/)

[Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/ezra-pound-1208_atrophy_music-begins-to-atrophy-when-it-departs_2001495.png)

> [“Sunlight on its own holds little appeal, but angle it against the ocean, make it dance—poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sunlight-on-its-own-holds-little-appeal-but-angle-it-against-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/anonymous-1_quote_sunlight-on-its-own-holds-little-appeal_2094051.jpg)

> [“Love songs or poetry? Ambrose: Love songs–you get the best of both, poetry set to music. And you can't dance to poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/love-songs-or-poetry-ambrose-love-songs-you-get-the-best-of-both/)

[Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/amy-harmon-1093_best-poetry_love-songs-or-poetry-ambrose-love-songs_2460717.png)

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