"Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite……" — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today."

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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48 Quotes by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Invent a new language anyone can understand.
A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be…
Poets, come out of your closets, Open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed up too long in…
This is all very nice, because the ideas that Jack and the Beat generation stood for are needed today more…
The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort…
I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.
I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.
I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century.
My country tears of thee.
The state of the world calls out for poetry to save it.
They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves.
I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad.…

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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. — Edward Abbey
I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had… — Tyra Banks
Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up. — Javier Bardem
If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley
Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food. — Mario Batali
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. — Stella Adler
The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single… — Mary McLeod Bethune
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. — Josh Billings
As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part. — Juliette Binoche
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So… — Larry Bird
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it. — Mary J. Blige

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