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Kenneth Koch Quotes

You can’t be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it Picture Quote #1

As for political poetry, as it’s usually defined, it seems there’s very little good political poetry Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I certainly have the feeling that I’m the same person even though I’ve changed a great deal Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was born in Cincinnati, ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother’s side of the family in general were interested in literature Picture Quote #1

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As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then and then I could do that and that... That may be the hardest thing for a writer, at least for a poet, to tell what the identity of his work is Picture Quote #1

I love painting and music, of course. I don’t know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I’ve certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn’t read it until I was in my late 20s Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world Picture Quote #1

It takes a long time to publish a book Picture Quote #1

I’m a writer who likes to be influenced Picture Quote #1

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It seems everything is so full of possibilities one can hardly take it all in Picture Quote #1

Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation Picture Quote #1

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been! Picture Quote #1

I don’t think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it’s essentially lyrical but again I don’t know if it’s my position to say what my poetry is like Picture Quote #1

One trouble with a kind of falsely therapeutic and always reassuring attitude that it is easy to fall into with old people, is the tendency to be satisfied with too little Picture Quote #1

If you want to know how much I love and care for you, count the waves Picture Quote #1

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Poetry, which is written while no one is looking, is meant to be looked at for all time Picture Quote #1

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! Picture Quote #1

Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one’s own connoisseur Picture Quote #1

It’s enormously cheering to get a good review by someone who seems to understand your work Picture Quote #1

It’s a well known thing that ordinary perceptions can have a strange aspect when one is travelling Picture Quote #1

I’ve had trouble with criticism, I guess. It’s hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them Picture Quote #1

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I certainly have the feeling that I’m the same person even though I’ve changed a great deal Picture Quote #1

The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As for political poetry, as it’s usually defined, it seems there’s very little good political poetry Picture Quote #1

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You can’t be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it. (Kenneth Koch Quotes) As for political poetry, as it’s usually defined, it seems there’s very little good political poetry. (Kenneth Koch Quotes) 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 Quotes) I certainly have the feeling that I’m the same person even though I’ve changed a great deal. (Kenneth Koch Quotes) 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 Quotes) I was born in Cincinnati, ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother’s side of the family in general were interested in literature (Kenneth Koch Quotes) As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then and then I could do that and that... That may be the hardest thing for a writer, at least for a poet, to tell what the identity of his work is (Kenneth Koch Quotes) I love painting and music, of course. I don’t know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I’ve certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn’t read it until I was in my late 20s (Kenneth Koch Quotes) 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 Quotes) I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world (Kenneth Koch Quotes) It takes a long time to publish a book (Kenneth Koch Quotes) I’m a writer who likes to be influenced (Kenneth Koch Quotes) It seems everything is so full of possibilities one can hardly take it all in (Kenneth Koch Quotes) Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation (Kenneth Koch Quotes) You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been! (Kenneth Koch Quotes) I don’t think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it’s essentially lyrical but again I don’t know if it’s my position to say what my poetry is like (Kenneth Koch Quotes) One trouble with a kind of falsely therapeutic and always reassuring attitude that it is easy to fall into with old people, is the tendency to be satisfied with too little (Kenneth Koch Quotes) If you want to know how much I love and care for you, count the waves (Kenneth Koch Quotes) Poetry, which is written while no one is looking, is meant to be looked at for all time (Kenneth Koch Quotes) 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 Quotes) Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one’s own connoisseur (Kenneth Koch Quotes) It’s enormously cheering to get a good review by someone who seems to understand your work (Kenneth Koch Quotes) It’s a well known thing that ordinary perceptions can have a strange aspect when one is travelling (Kenneth Koch Quotes) I’ve had trouble with criticism, I guess. It’s hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them (Kenneth Koch Quotes) I certainly have the feeling that I’m the same person even though I’ve changed a great deal (Kenneth Koch Quotes) The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel (Kenneth Koch Quotes) 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 Quotes) As for political poetry, as it’s usually defined, it seems there’s very little good political poetry (Kenneth Koch Quotes)