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

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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...

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...

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...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

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

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

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

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...