Allen Ginsberg

Poet American 1926 – 1997

American Beat poet known for Howl.

398 quotes

"Art imitates life"
Art
"Music is the language of the soul"
Music
"Faith is the answer"
Faith
"Leadership is service"
Leadership
"Success is finding your purpose"
Success
"Friendship is the greatest treasure"
Friendship
"Family is everything"
Family
"Hope springs eternal"
Hope
"Courage is facing your fears"
Courage
"Change is inevitable"
Change
"Education liberates the mind"
Education
"Knowledge is power"
Knowledge
"Time waits for no one"
Time
"Truth will set you free"
Truth
"Freedom is the ultimate goal"
Freedom
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked"
Inspiration
"America I've given you all and now I'm nothing"
Politics
"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world"
Freedom
"Holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy"
Faith
"Candor ends paranoia"
Truth
"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind"
Art
"Everybody's running around with nuclear weapons in their pockets like they're carrying petulant children"
War
"The key is to make poetry with your life"
Creativity
"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness"
Courage
"I want to come back in the next lifetime as your blow job"
Love
"Be kind to yourself, even when you're a piece of shit"
Kindness
"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture"
Power
"Stay in the moment with what you have"
Happiness
"The only thing that we can know that we know for sure is that we are going to die"
Death
"One day I will be skinny enough"
Perseverance