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

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

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...

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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...

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 only limits are, as always, those of vision.

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

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 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 like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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

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

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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

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

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...

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.