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We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Age: 101 †
Born: 1919
Born: March 24
Died: 2021
Died: February 22
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To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.
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I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here.
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For even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.
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In Plato's republic, poets were considered subversive, a danger to the republic. I kind of relish that role. So I see my present role as a gadfly, to use my soapbox to promote my various ideas and obsesions.
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As I get older I perceive Life has its tail in its mouth.
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If you're too open-minded your brains will fall out.
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I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder
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The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.
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