--- title: "7 Beat Poets Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Beat Poets quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Beat Poets sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/elizabeth-flock-10723_deep_there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made_591743.jpg" --- > [There was a time when poetry often made its way to vinyl; take a deep dive, for example, into the beat poets'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-flock/there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made-its-way-to-vinyl-take-a-deep/) [Elizabeth Flock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-flock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/elizabeth-flock-10723_deep_there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made_591743.jpg) > [I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-ocasek/i-ve-always-been-a-fan-of-poetry-i-grew-up-with-lawrence-ferlinghetti/) [Ric Ocasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-ocasek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/ric-ocasek-16459_always_i-ve-always-been-a-fan-of-poetry-i-grew_718905.jpg) > [I'm an amalgam of the 19th-century romantics and the beat poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-harper/i-m-an-amalgam-of-the-19th-century-romantics-and-the-beat-poets/) [Roy Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/roy-harper-22963_19th-century_i-m-an-amalgam-of-the-19th-century-roman_942426.png) > [I studied art at Queens College, taking very few courses in literature. But I've always loved reading poetry and grew up enjoying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-florian/i-studied-art-at-queens-college-taking-very-few-courses-in-literature/) [Douglas Florian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-florian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/douglas-florian-53514_art_i-studied-art-at-queens-college-taking-v_1013227.jpg) > [I just liked the Beat poets. It was rapid fire, in the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-childers/i-just-liked-the-beat-poets-it-was-rapid-fire-in-the-moment/) [Tyler Childers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-childers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/tyler-childers-13317_beat_i-just-liked-the-beat-poets-it-was-rapid_1722126.jpg) > [I absorbed the vinyl of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliott, to Michael McClure and then into the Beat poets, Allen Ginsberg.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-absorbed-the-vinyl-of-woody-guthrie-pete-seeger-jack-elliott-to/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/donovan-5358_america_i-absorbed-the-vinyl-of-woody-guthrie-pe_2099075.jpg) > [The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/the-craftless-anarchy-of-the-beat-poets-on-the-one-hand-and-the/) [Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/mark-helprin-1171_anarchy_the-craftless-anarchy-of-the-beat-poets_2772802.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat-poets/#itemlist", "name": "Beat Poets Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was a time when poetry often made its way to vinyl; take a deep dive, for example, into the beat poets' countercultural albums of the 1950s to '80s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Flock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-flock/there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made-its-way-to-vinyl-take-a-deep/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/elizabeth-flock-10723_deep_there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made_591743.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/elizabeth-flock-10723_deep_there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made_591743.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/elizabeth-flock-10723_deep_there-was-a-time-when-poetry-often-made_591743.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There was a time when poetry often made its way to vinyl; take a deep dive, for example, into the beat…” — Elizabeth Flock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always been a fan of poetry. 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