Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, thats what the poet does. – Allen Ginsberg
Democracy! Bah! When I hear that word I reach for my feather Boa! – Allen Ginsberg
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. Thats what poetry does. – Allen Ginsberg
I really would like to stop working forever—never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now—and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends…. Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence. – Allen Ginsberg