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
I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public. – 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
Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now. – James Broughton
Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness. – 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
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts. – James Broughton
