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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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.

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

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

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.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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...

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...

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...