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James Broughton quotes: The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

James Broughton quotes: Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

James Broughton quotes: Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

James Broughton quotes: I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.

James Broughton quotes: I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

James Broughton quotes: Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

James Broughton quotes: 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.

James Broughton quotes: Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now.

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now.

James Broughton quotes: In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

James Broughton quotes: My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images.

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images.

James Broughton quotes: Life is adventure, not predicament.

Life is adventure, not predicament.

James Broughton quotes: It was as important to live poetically as to write poems.

It was as important to live poetically as to write poems.

James Broughton quotes: I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

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

James Broughton quotes: A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.

James Broughton quotes: 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.

James Broughton quotes: For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

James Broughton quotes: You're closer to your glory leaping an abyss than re-upholstering a rut.

You're closer to your glory leaping an abyss than re-upholstering a rut.

James Broughton quotes: True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

James Broughton quotes: We are all participants in the marvelous.

We are all participants in the marvelous.

James Broughton quotes: Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

James Broughton quotes: I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

James Broughton quotes: If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

James Broughton quotes: I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.

James Broughton quotes: I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

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

James Broughton quotes: Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

James Broughton quotes: Follow your own weird.

Follow your own weird.

James Broughton quotes: Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness.

James Broughton quotes: At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder.

At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder.

James Broughton quotes: Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

James Broughton quotes: Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

James Broughton quotes: The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

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

James Broughton quotes: Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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

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

James Broughton quotes: Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.

James Broughton quotes: For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic.

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic.

James Broughton quotes: The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

James Broughton quotes: Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.

Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.

James Broughton quotes: Life's major challenge: getting reborn often enough.

Life's major challenge: getting reborn often enough.

James Broughton quotes: And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

James Broughton quotes: 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.

James Broughton quotes: Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

James Broughton quotes: Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.