Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Quote by James Broughton

Topics: James Broughton Quotes

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in...

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...