“We'd like to just write nothing but lyric poetry. The trouble is, the individual is going along intent on his own personal gratifications and love affairs and financial affairs and everything else. But loping alongside him is this fascist lout who keeps trying to take over. And if you keep ignoring him, he gets bigger and bigger, so every once in a while the free individual has to turn away from his private pursuits and give this fascist lout a few clouts, and beat him down to size.” IfsGivingWritingTryingTurnsIndividualTroubleBeatsAnd LoveBiggerAffairFinancialSizePursuitGratificationKeep TryingLove AffairFascistsCloutLyric Poetry Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“This is all very nice, because the ideas that Jack and the Beat generation stood for are needed today more than ever. But I'm not so interested in nostalgia. I'm interested in the future.” IdeasTodayNiceGenerationsNeededBeatsNostalgiaVery NiceBeat Generation Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.” TodayCultureBeatsOppositesDominantDominant Culture Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
