Author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Quotes

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.

I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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