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Anne Waldman quotes: I get very upset when money is being cut and people can't visit the Grand Canyon.

I get very upset when money is being cut and people can't visit the Grand Canyon.

Anne Waldman quotes: My teachers were often very eccentric.

My teachers were often very eccentric.

Anne Waldman quotes: Think of the road as a kind of zone and a site of incredible diversity.

Think of the road as a kind of zone and a site of incredible diversity.

Anne Waldman quotes: My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

Anne Waldman quotes: I think anything that gets people outside [is good] - I'm a big supporter of public parks and public spaces.

I think anything that gets people outside [is good] - I'm a big supporter of public parks and public spaces.

Anne Waldman quotes: I still had to correct Allen Ginsberg at times when he called women girls. I'd say. Allen please, it's not politically correct.

I still had to correct Allen Ginsberg at times when he called women girls. I'd say. Allen please, it's not politically correct.

Anne Waldman quotes: We can think for ourselves and we can awaken the world to a greater consciousness.

We can think for ourselves and we can awaken the world to a greater consciousness.

Anne Waldman quotes: I think of the amazing things that were going on. So it's so rich. The doors keep opening.

I think of the amazing things that were going on. So it's so rich. The doors keep opening.

Anne Waldman quotes: Personally there is first: imagination; second: the act of writing - and third: the act/act of vocalizing.

Personally there is first: imagination; second: the act of writing - and third: the act/act of vocalizing.

Anne Waldman quotes: Any technology is just a skillful means and it's how you use it.

Any technology is just a skillful means and it's how you use it.

Anne Waldman quotes: My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you believe in God?

My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you believe in God?

Anne Waldman quotes: Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.

Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.

Anne Waldman quotes: As a younger person you can come in through many, many gateways. It's like some huge Mandela. You can enter into this and get refreshed.

As a younger person you can come in through many, many gateways. It's like some huge Mandela. You can enter into this and get refreshed.

Anne Waldman quotes: For me there is a poesis, a poetics, around the trope of the road that is embedded within many life experiences of the people I've been close to.

For me there is a poesis, a poetics, around the trope of the road that is embedded within many life experiences of the people I've been close to.

Anne Waldman quotes: I was raised with a sense of democratic vistas and egalitarianism.

I was raised with a sense of democratic vistas and egalitarianism.

Anne Waldman quotes: If you can integrate your life to have a kind of meditative practice that is considering others.

If you can integrate your life to have a kind of meditative practice that is considering others.

Anne Waldman quotes: Poets have to keep pushing, pushing, against the darkness, and write their way out of it as well.

Poets have to keep pushing, pushing, against the darkness, and write their way out of it as well.

Anne Waldman quotes: There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them.

There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them.

Anne Waldman quotes: When I look at my life there are these streams, these things that have continuity from the fifties to now.

When I look at my life there are these streams, these things that have continuity from the fifties to now.

Anne Waldman quotes: I took my vow to poetry; this is where I'm going to be. These are my people; this is my tribe. This is where I'm going to put my energy.

I took my vow to poetry; this is where I'm going to be. These are my people; this is my tribe. This is where I'm going to put my energy.

Anne Waldman quotes: If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. I'm the girl with the unquenchable thirst.

If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. I'm the girl with the unquenchable thirst.

Anne Waldman quotes: I was not ever hitchhiking alone. I've done solo train trips but I've never driven myself alone.

I was not ever hitchhiking alone. I've done solo train trips but I've never driven myself alone.

Anne Waldman quotes: We need a world-wide Department of Peace.

We need a world-wide Department of Peace.

Anne Waldman quotes: For me poems are acts re-done, and that can vibrate well into the future.

For me poems are acts re-done, and that can vibrate well into the future.

Anne Waldman quotes: I think of my father born in this very small, limited situation and then coming out of that. Many people have this story.

I think of my father born in this very small, limited situation and then coming out of that. Many people have this story.

Anne Waldman quotes: World War II synchronizes things for a lot of people. There's a kind of wakeup call.

World War II synchronizes things for a lot of people. There's a kind of wakeup call.

Anne Waldman quotes: It's so rich as a trope - the whole idea of the road and it being in terms of language, being an active experience.

It's so rich as a trope - the whole idea of the road and it being in terms of language, being an active experience.

Anne Waldman quotes: For me the road became a zone, in places like Saint Marks poetry Project where I worked for 12 years.

For me the road became a zone, in places like Saint Marks poetry Project where I worked for 12 years.

Anne Waldman quotes: The whole red state/blue state thing is very interesting. Watching that shift over the years.

The whole red state/blue state thing is very interesting. Watching that shift over the years.

Anne Waldman quotes: We humans need to do better with our vast minds and alchemical powers. Future radial poetries might be more symbiotic with the rest of consciousness.

We humans need to do better with our vast minds and alchemical powers. Future radial poetries might be more symbiotic with the rest of consciousness.

Anne Waldman quotes: I have students whose fathers are voting for Sarah Palin. It's wild.

I have students whose fathers are voting for Sarah Palin. It's wild.

Anne Waldman quotes: I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation.

I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation.

Anne Waldman quotes: My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to my reality.

My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to my reality.

Anne Waldman quotes: I like the idea of the object, the relic. And I see it as a time machine too or a device you plug into a socket that activates a sound

I like the idea of the object, the relic. And I see it as a time machine too or a device you plug into a socket that activates a sound and light show.