...who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war, who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull, ...

Quote by Allen Ginsberg

Topics: Sanity Quotes

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...

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

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

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.

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 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 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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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'm happy for you!' is the hardest lie to tell when your old love found...

'I'm happy for you!' is the hardest lie to tell when your old love found...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love...

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love...