Quotes by

James Broughton

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

Im happy to report that my inner child is still ageless. – James Broughton

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite. – James Broughton

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

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

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

For me, prose walks, poetry dances. – James Broughton

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

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

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

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. – James Broughton

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

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. – James Broughton

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

Amazement awaits us at every corner. – James Broughton