Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes & Sayings

22 most famous Lawrence Ferlinghetti quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 105 year old American poet born on Mar 24, 1919.

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

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

“Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.”

“Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.”

“It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.”

“I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.”

“Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.”

“Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.”