...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty, the freedom to go where one chose if one was held back by one's color? No, I preferred the Eiffel Tower, which made no promises.
- Josephine Baker, once she had seen the Eiffel Tower
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
- Allen Ginsberg
Our heads are round so thought can change direction.
- Allen Ginsberg
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
- Allen Ginsberg
One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun.
- Raoul Dufy
What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.
- Raoul Dufy
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