"When Allen Ginsberg was still alive, he was was an artist, but he was very local. He was just another wing-nut in the neighborhood and he was very accessible. You'd see him in Tompkins Square Park or in the local delicatessen, in one of the greasy spoon restaurants on First Avenue or a Chinese restaurant."

-- Eric Drooker

#Artist Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Neighborhood Quotes

“I think it's very important to support your friends and to stay current with what's happening.”
“God, I hope he dies the night before one of his kids get married.”
“He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.”

Source : The Washington Post, October 21, 1924.
“The burden of disease falls on the poor.”
“In general, I think the best thing to do is to connect with other females. I love meeting other female artists and feeling like we're all rooting for each other. I think that's shifted even more.”
“Whatever is popular deserves attention.”
“A thing may look specious in theory, and yet be ruinous in practice; a thing may look evil in theory, and yet be in practice excellent.”
“You can poke fun at some pretty difficult circumstances, and it's just a way to pop the bubble. I don't do that thing onstage usually, but offstage sometimes I might.”

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