Thinking Quotes by Allen Ginsberg

9 Thinking quotes by Allen Ginsberg

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Ginsberg’s reflections on cognition arrive in nine vivid lines, each echoing his beat‑generation cadence and fearless exploration of inner landscapes.

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You are what you think about all day.

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I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view.

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Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets & eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown…

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Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions. Notice what you notice. Observe what's vivid. Catch yourself thinking. Vividness is self-selecting. And remember the future.

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I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was…

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So the problem for the poetic artist or the photographer is the common problem of continuous attentiveness, continuous attempts to notice what…

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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think,…

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I don’t think there’s any problem with advancing consciousness and becoming more and more aware of the struggle, not with the world,…

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I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks... or lay down on a…

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“with my fucking suave manners and knowitall, eyes, and mind full of fantasy - the Me! that horror that keeps me conscious, in this…

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The apparition of an evil, sick unconscious wild city rose before me in visible semblance, and about the dead buildings in the barren air,…

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

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The desire to have power dissolves. The desire to dominate people for love dissolves. On the other hand, it's a relief to realize you…

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“Poor dead flower? when did you forget you were a flower?”

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“Central Intelligence cutting Meo opium fields! China Lobby copping poppies in Burma! How long this Addict government support our oil-burner matter-habit”

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