Limited Time Offer
Premium members can get their quote collection automatically imported into their Quotewise collections.
What prophecy actually is is not that you actually know that the bomb will fall in 1942. It’s that you know and feel something that somebody knows an… - Allen Ginsberg
" "What prophecy actually is is not that you actually know that the bomb will fall in 1942. It’s that you know and feel something that somebody knows and feels in a hundred years. And maybe articulate it in a hint — a concrete way that they can pick up on in a hundred years.
English
Collect this quote
About Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (3 June 1926 – 5 April 1997) was an American poet born in Newark, New Jersey. He was a central figure among Beat Generation writers. Ginsberg is best known for "Howl", a long poem about consumer society's negative human values.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Also Known As
Birth Name:
Irwin Allen Ginsberg
Alternative Names:
Alan Ginsberg
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Allen Ginsberg
who were burned alive in their innocent flannel suits on Madison Avenue amid blasts of leaden verse & the tanked-up clatter of the iron regiments of fashion &the nitroglycerine shrieks of the fairies of advertising & the mustard gas of sinister intelligent editors, or were run down by the drunken taxicabs of Absolute Reality,
Unlimited Quote Collections
Organize your favorite quotes without limits. Create themed collections for every occasion with Premium.
Loading...