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.

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Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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.

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...

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...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

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

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

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...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

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...

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

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...

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 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...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.