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Kenneth Koch quotes

American Poet February 27, 1925 – July 6, 2002

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Politics is there the way men and women are there, the way the Atlantic Ocean is there. Sometimes I've written about politics specifically, I mean about politics as it's understood on television and in newspapers. Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "It takes a long time to publish a book."
It takes a long time to publish a book. Kenneth Koch
Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception. Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation."
Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation. Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "You have enchanted me with a single kiss. Which can never..."
You have enchanted me with a single kiss. Which can never be undone. Until the destruction of language Kenneth Koch
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not. Kenneth Koch
Some of the French surrealists at the beginning of the war had come over to New York and they brought out this magazine. It was a big, glossy magazine full of surrealist things. Kenneth Koch
Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or what somebody said that was not exactly on the same subject tend to get lost. Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American..."
I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet. Kenneth Koch
I got married, other people went off. We had sort of another public-we were our entire readership for many years, and we were very excited by each other. Kenneth Koch
I don't know where you'd find such a magazine." ~ on the stipulations set by a benefactor to the Harvard Advocate that the staff contain no Jews, homosexuals, or drunks Kenneth Koch
When you finish a poem, it clicks shut like the top of a jewel box, but prose is endless. I haven't experienced an awful lot of clicking shut! Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "I'm a writer who likes to be influenced."
I'm a writer who likes to be influenced. Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "It seems everything is so full of possibilities one can hardly..."
It seems everything is so full of possibilities one can hardly take it all in. Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch quote: "Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not..."
Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur. Kenneth Koch

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