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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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.

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...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

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...

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...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.