Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

03-Jun-1926


United States


Poet

Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, and eventually became one of the founding fathers of the Beat Generation and his critically acclaimed poem "Howl." Ginsberg was a prolific writer and activist for gay rights and anti-war activism, defending the Vietnam war and coining the phrase "The Power of History." Even with his literary background, he was recognized as one of America's foremost writers and artists. He died on April 5, 1997, at the age of 70.

QUOTES BY Allen Ginsberg


"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."

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

"The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight,the weight we carry is love."

"Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening."

"We're all golden sunflowers inside."

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does."

"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture."

"Our heads are round so thought can change direction"

"I know too much and not enough"

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