25 Quotes by Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and leading figure in the Beat Generation, a cultural movement that emerged in the 1950s and 60s in response to the social and political upheavals of the time. His most famous work, "Howl," is a powerful and controversial critique of modern society and an ode to the counterculture. Ginsberg's poetry and activism were closely intertwined, and he was a vocal advocate for free speech, civil rights, and the legalization of drugs. His influence can be felt in the work of countless poets and writers who have been inspired by his vision of a more just and compassionate world. (Bio)
Allen Ginsberg Quotes
It's never to late to do nothing at all.
None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway.
Our heads are round so thought can change direction (Meaning)
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. (Meaning)
To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.
I believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love and suffering. And, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeling that does not bring with it the possibility of a crippling hurt. But, it is a duty to take that risk and love without reserve or defense.
I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view.
You are what you think about all day.
Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.
Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening.
There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now.
Which way will the sunflower turn surrounded by millions of suns?
To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard.
Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get ready for all the battles that you have to fight tomorrow.
I know too much and not enough
When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred.
The suffering itself is not so bad; it's the resentment against suffering that is the real pain.
First thought, best thought.
I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision.
We love to be hurt and we love to have our unhealing wounds opened and reopened again: we sit staring in the mirror of art, fascinated by our own deformities.
Truth is dissent, where all power resides in the Big Lie.
What if someone gave a war and Nobody came?
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of what has been lost and what can be found - the imagining of who we are and the slow realization of it.
A poem is like a radio that can broadcast continuously for thousands of years.
― Allen Ginsberg Quotes
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