The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive.

Quote by Allen Ginsberg

Topics: Allen Ginsberg Quotes

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

...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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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