Quotes by James Broughton

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

Acclaim is a distraction. (James Broughton)

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

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

Consciousness is the glory of creation. (James Broughton)

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

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing. (James Broughton)

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

For me, prose walks, poetry dances. (James Broughton)

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)