Carolina QuotesI used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'.. .I have had cold coffee and hot coffee and lousy coffee, But I've never had a sad cup of coffee.
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 89
- work
- Off the Wall: Robert Rauschenberg and the Art world of Our Time, 1980
- year
- 1980
- locator
- p. 89
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