"You can't escape the past in Paris, and……" — Allen Ginsberg
"You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn't seem to burden."
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118 Quotes by Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg has 118 quotes on this site.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry…
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I smoke marijuana every chance I get.
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First thought, best thought.
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It's time we did something to assert ourselves. After all, we do comprise 10% of the population.
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The soul is innocent and immortal, it should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse.
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Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you…
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There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now.
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Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I've heard the strange madness long growing in your soul. But you are…
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I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it…
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You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening. If you're grasping to get your own…
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Things are symbols of themselves.
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It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving…
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
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The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel…
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet…
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The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things…
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