Quotes by : Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy

Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country

Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace'One grand boulevard with treeswith one grand cafe in sunwith....

Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.

Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world,....

We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

Pity the nation whose people are sheep,and whose shepherds mislead them.Pity the nation whose leaders....

[in the true mad north] of introspection,where 'falcons of the inner eye'dive and die, glimpsing in their....