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

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

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.

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...

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

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...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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...

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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...

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...

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.