Gregory Corso quotes

Gregory Corso was an influential American poet and a prominent figure of the Beat Generation. His raw, passionate poetry explored themes of love, mortality, and rebellion against conventional society. He inspired many through his creative voice and enduring impact on 20th-century literature. Here are 15 of his quotes:

If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved. (Gregory Corso)
The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. View quote
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Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power. View quote
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If you have a choice of two things and can't decide, take both. View quote
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Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs! View quote
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I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright. View quote
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The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence. View quote
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They, that unnamed 'they,' they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me. View quote
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You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went. View quote
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I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. View quote
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Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed. (Gregory Corso)
I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. View quote
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My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her. View quote
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The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man. View quote
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My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. View quote
Gregory Corso

Gregory Corso

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: March 26, 1930
Died: January 17, 2001
Quotes count: 15

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