Ecstasy Quote by James Broughton Download Open image “Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.” — James Broughton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ecstasy Poetry Practice Religion Spiritual Spiritual practice
“Poetry is the icon-stasis on which a desire for aesthetic ecstasy illustrates itself endlessly.” — the mag man Copy Share Image
I feel often very close to the ecstasy and anguish which lie at the very heart of poetry - I am writing a lot. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
As for me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because this self-lust has a delightful dying fall… — Stephane Mallarme Copy Share Image
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The kind of poetry that interests me is intellectual and moral and political and sexual and sensual - all of that fermenting together. It… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Poetry is worship...Stretching my soul, opening my heart and touching every part of my being. Poetry is worship to me! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If I were to choose between the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten, I would choose the ecstasy.… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Men fear joy too much, fear their instincts. Fear a surrender to their feelings. Fear loving themselves in others and loving others in themselves.… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“If all that a stone is expected to be is the stone that it is, why isn't a man expected to be the kind… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Haunted by the longing to feel something real, deep and magical; I searched for a shared ecstasy... that's when you came along.” — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth." [From: 19 Lessons On Tea]” — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
“Human milk is like ice cream, penicillin, and the drug ecstasy all wrapped up in two pretty packages.” — Florence Williams Copy Share Image
Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
People tend to link "sex and drugs" because both are condemned by society. Nevertheless, throughout the ages human beings have continually searched for more… — Rick Doblin Copy Share Image
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with… — Anna White Copy Share Image