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James Broughton

14 quotes

Some people are known for what they did; James Broughton is known for what they said. Their thinking spans from Poetry to Truth, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. 14 of James Broughton's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Poetry, Truth, Trust, Respect, and Movies. Among their most shared lines: "Amazement awaits us at every corner."

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

— James Broughton

Future

All Quotes by James Broughton

“Amazement awaits us at every corner.”

— James Broughton

Amazing

“For me, prose walks, poetry dances.”

— James Broughton

Poetry

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

— James Broughton

Age

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

— James Broughton

Future

“Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.”

— James Broughton

Trust

“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

Truth

“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

Poetry

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

— James Broughton

Movies

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

— James Broughton

Respect

“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

Imagination

“Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.”

— James Broughton

Poetry

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

— James Broughton

Poetry

“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

Poetry

“The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.”

— James Broughton

Poetry