The State University of New York

Famous quotes containing the words state, university and/or york:

    “... the separation of church and state means separation—absolute and eternal—or it means nothing.”
    —Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)

    “Cold an old predicament of the breath:
    Adroit, the shapely prefaces complete,
    Accept the university of death.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “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.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)