Author: Allen Ginsberg

Quotes

I am 23, the year of the iron birthday, the gate of darkness. I am ill.

I am 23, the year of the iron birthday, the gate of darkness. I am ill.

- Allen Ginsberg

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

- Allen Ginsberg

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

- Allen Ginsberg

Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

- Allen Ginsberg

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

- Allen Ginsberg

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.

- Allen Ginsberg

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.

- Allen Ginsberg

Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.

Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.

- Allen Ginsberg

My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

- Allen Ginsberg

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