I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.

Quote by James Broughton

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

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

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

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...

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

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...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

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...

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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...