Allen Ginsberg Quotes

Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.

Allen Ginsberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997

Topics

CommunityArtEffortWorldSmall

If I venture into the water in a bikini, the sight of my melanin-deficient Michigan belly might attract beluga whales. Sure, I could secretly live among them and learn their ancient ways, but I couldn't keep that kind of ruse up forever.

Jennifer Armintrout

LiveWaterLearnKindSightWhales

It's a lethal thing to suddenly raise taxes.

Robert Mundell

TaxesRaiseLethalSuddenlyThing

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.

Amy Winehouse

DepressionPeopleYouKnowSuffer

There's nothing to the Russia investigation.

Steve Bannon

NothingInvestigationRussia

When I started out in the duck-call business, my college buddies would come in and say, 'Robertson, you have a college degree. What are you doing?' Then they drove away saying, 'What an idiot!' Thirty-five years later, they're saying, 'The sucker's a genius!'

Si Robertson

BusinessCollegeSayingGeniusDoing

I just love dogs, and there really is no better companion than an animal.

Rita Rudner

LoveAnimalBetterDogsCompanion

In Hollywood, a normal-size body is unruly.

Roxane Gay

BodyHollywoodUnruly

I wanted to be pale. I didn't wanna go in the sun, because I was in school with a lot of white girls. I remember one girl said to me, 'You look better pale.' And I was like, 'Well, you're tan!' She was like, 'It's not the same.'

Jorja Smith

GirlSchoolSunMeBetterLook

The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

Dawn Powell

LovePowerDeathManWarGreed

I do have a vague recollection of reviving the cover of The Beatles' 'Every Little Thing,' but I don't know if that was just our riffing on it in rehearsal. I don't think we ever did it actually in the show.

Chris Squire

ThinkKnowLittleBeatlesRehearsal

I think, personally, it's our flaws that define us to us - or maybe it's just me.

Brian Azzarello

MeThinkFlawsDefineUsJust

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Bob Dylan

FreedomHeroResponsibilityThink

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