Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather Boa!

Quote by Allen Ginsberg

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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.

America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?

America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?

Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it...

Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it...

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was...

I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was...

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with...

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with...

...who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the...

...who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the...

Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a...

Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a...

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

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

Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church.

Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is...

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is...

America, I've given you all and now I'm nothing.

America, I've given you all and now I'm nothing.

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

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

Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.

Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of...

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of...

The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that...

The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that...

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

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

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and...

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and...