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Quote by James Broughton
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

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

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

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There is probably nothing wrong with art for arts sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. – Allen Tate

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But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it. – Ian Hamilton Finlay

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Poetry is one of the destinies of speech… One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language. – Gaston Bachelard

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Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. – Isaac Rosenberg

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And, as I have said, its made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits arent external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. – James Merrill

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If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell. – Charles Spurgeon

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