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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.
         

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.


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

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



As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.



I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.



Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur.

Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur.



Summer in the trees! “It is time to strangle several bad poets.

Summer in the trees! “It is time to strangle several bad poets.



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!

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!



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.

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.



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.

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.



Poetry is a deliberate attempt to make language suggestive and imprecise.

Poetry is a deliberate attempt to make language suggestive and imprecise.



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.

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.





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The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile.

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile.



I know three things will never be believed - the true, the probable, and the logical

I know three things will never be believed - the true, the probable, and the logical



He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.

He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.



Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.



Without water drops, there can be no oceans; without steps, there can be no stairs; without little things, there can be no big things!

Without water drops, there can be no oceans; without steps, there can be no stairs; without little things, there can be no big things!



When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.

When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.



Extreme Makeover... they help people that are uncomfortable in their own skin. They really change lives.

Extreme Makeover... they help people that are uncomfortable in their own skin. They really change lives.



To worship our false selves is to worship nothing. And the worship of nothing is hell.

To worship our false selves is to worship nothing. And the worship of nothing is hell.



When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.

When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.




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