The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates. Lawrence Ferlinghetti bigconglomeratefuture Change image and share on social
The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money. Lawrence Ferlinghetti bottomdependeditor Change image and share on social
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 changeconsciousnessgeneral Change image and share on social
No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them. Lawrence Ferlinghetti disenchantpaint Change image and share on social
Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 40s50sback Change image and share on social
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. Lawrence Ferlinghetti automobilebancentral Change image and share on social
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. Lawrence Ferlinghetti absurdityacrobataudience Change image and share on social
Southern California, where the American Dream came too true. Lawrence Ferlinghetti americancaliforniadream Change image and share on social
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. Lawrence Ferlinghetti authorbackbook share on social
I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century. Lawrence Ferlinghetti bookbrookcentury Change image and share on social
