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The Only Limits are the Limits of Your Imagination
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a period of creative innovation that occurred in San Francisco during the post-war years.
Poet, Filmmaker | American
Born: 1913-11-10 in Modesto, California, USA
Died: May 17, 1999 in Port Townsend, Washington, USA
I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.
James Broughton
Amazement awaits us at every corner.
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
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
Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.
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
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
The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.
James Broughton
For me, prose walks, poetry dances.
James Broughton
Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.
James Broughton
Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.
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