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Lawrence Ferlinghetti quotes
American Poet March 24, 1919
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![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like..."](/pic/305139/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-i-didnt-know-that-painters-and-writers.jpg)
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in..."](/pic/324398/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-almost-every-truly-creative-being.jpg)
Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written..."](/pic/280779/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-dont-bow-down-to-critics-who-have-not.jpg)
Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "I once started outto walk around the worldbut ended up in..."](/pic/230550/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-i-once-started-outto-walk-around-the.jpg)
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the..."](/pic/199248/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-everything-the-beats-stood-for-was-the.jpg)
Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like..."](/pic/199254/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-no-i-didnt-become-disenchanted-i-just.jpg)
No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the..."](/pic/199262/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-well-i-didnt-know-how-to-draw-very-well.jpg)
Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "I have seen giraffes in junglejimstheir necks like lovewound..."](/pic/272415/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-i-have-seen-giraffes-in-junglejimstheir.jpg)
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "I am awaitingperpetually and forevera renaissance of wonder"](/pic/293998/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-i-am-awaitingperpetually-and-forevera.jpg)
I am awaitingperpetually and forevera renaissance of wonder
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
![Lawrence Ferlinghetti quote: "They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In..."](/pic/199259/600x316/quotation-lawrence-ferlinghetti-they-were-looking-for-a-stable-but-we.jpg)
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