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Diane di Prima Quotes

1934–2020 United States

Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher.

United States
20th-century poets
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Random Diane di Prima quote

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NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us
shoving at the thing from all sides
to bring it down.

I have just realized that the stakes are myself
I have no other

Left to themselves people
grow their hair.
Left to themselves they
take off their shoes.
Left to themselves they make love
sleep easily
share blankets, dope & children
they are not lazy or afraid
they plant seeds, they smile, they
speak to one another.

get up, put on your shoes, get
started, someone will finish

avoid the folk
who find Bonnie and Clyde too violent

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Diane di Prima (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.