“Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also...” — David Amram Quote

“Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.”

“Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.”

“The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty.”

“The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us.”

“That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.”

“Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special.”

“I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.”

“Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.”

“Actually, yeah, I am an artist. I draw.”

“The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.”

“I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.”

“I'm a poor artist. Through brute force, I brought myself up to mediocre. I've never taken a writing class, but I can write okay.”