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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."

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

— James Broughton

Poetry

All Quotes by 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

Future

“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

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

— James Broughton

Respect

“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

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

— James Broughton

Trust

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

— James Broughton

Poetry

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

— James Broughton

Age

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

— James Broughton

Poetry

“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

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

— James Broughton

Poetry

“For me, prose walks, poetry dances.”

— James Broughton

Poetry

“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

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

— James Broughton

Movies

“Amazement awaits us at every corner.”

— James Broughton

Amazing