Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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...

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 often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

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

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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

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...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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...

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...