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Alfred Kreymborg
6 quotes
“Manhattan’s a hell where culture rarely grew— But it lets two lives do all they care to do.”
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) first seen 1928 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Two Lives and Six Million", in The Bookman, vol. 68, no. 1 (September, 1928), p. 24
“I am four monkeys. One hangs from a limb, tail-wise, chattering at the earth; another is cramming his belly with cocoanut; the third is up in the top branches, quizzing the sky; and the fourth— he’s chasing another monkey. How many monkeys are you?”
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary.”
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I.”
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Harlem has a black belt where darkies dwell in a heaven where white men seek a little hell.”
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Defiant love sonnets demanding nude joys lure girls to be naughty and live like the boys.”
Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source