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> [Why shouldn't you think it's crazy to believe in a green deer? All your life you have been taught to believe in only what you can use-to set on the table, to put in the bank, to build a house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/why-shouldn-t-you-think-it-s-crazy-to-believe-in-a-green-deer-all/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

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> [For greatness is only the drayhorse that coaxes The built cart out; and where we go is reason. But genius is an enormous littleness, a trickling Of heart that covers alike the hare and the hunter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/for-greatness-is-only-the-drayhorse-that-coaxes-the-built-cart-out/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

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## More by Kenneth Patchen

> [Do I not deal with angels When her lips I touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/do-i-not-deal-with-angels-when-her-lips-i-touch/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [“The animal I wanted Couldn't get into the world I can hear it crying When I sit like this away from life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/the-animal-i-wanted-couldn-t-get-into-the-world-i-can-hear-it-crying/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [“What shall light us to murder & defile if by some chance the Laws of the State happen to get turned off?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/what-shall-light-us-to-murder-defile-if-by-some-chance-the-laws-of/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [“It is the nature of man to expose with laws of doubt & impatience, no feeling of wonder that he should a participant in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/it-is-the-nature-of-man-to-expose-with-laws-of-doubt-impatience-no/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/dogs-with-broken-legs-are-shot-men-with-broken-souls-write-through/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [Art is not to throw light but to be light...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/art-is-not-to-throw-light-but-to-be-light/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [I think people need a little joy and humor as well as commitment in their lives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/i-think-people-need-a-little-joy-and-humor-as-well-as-commitment-in/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [It is fully practical to create that which has form in the silence. The noise art makes is usually heard by those whose lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/it-is-fully-practical-to-create-that-which-has-form-in-the-silence/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [Greatness and Truth can never be in danger from these murdering wretches. To perform one's duty, be it now, be it clean, and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/greatness-and-truth-can-never-be-in-danger-from-these-murdering/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you'd rather be doing anything else: and you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/literature-is-what-you-write-when-you-think-you-should-be-saying/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [Caring is the only daring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/caring-is-the-only-daring/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [I don't consider myself to be a painter. I think of myself as someone who has used the medium of painting in an attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/i-don-t-consider-myself-to-be-a-painter-i-think-of-myself-as-someone/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [“Ah I can see that… You can see anything once you've been told it's there to see”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/ah-i-can-see-that-you-can-see-anything-once-you-ve-been-told-it-s/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [“I want to buy me a hat with a golden feather & a book with the confessions of God in it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/i-want-to-buy-me-a-hat-with-a-golden-feather-a-book-with-the/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

> [Law and order embrace on hate's border.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/law-and-order-embrace-on-hate-s-border/)

[Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/)

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