Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.

Quote by Allen Ginsberg

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Drugs Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.

Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.

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...

America I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel.

America I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying...

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying...

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...

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...

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

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