It is fully practical to create that which has form in the silence. The noise art makes is usually heard by those whose lives listen to god. It is not adviseable to cheat that which has no other stake than… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
'THIS ROOM HAS MYSTERY LIKE A TRANCE' This room has mystery like a trance Of wine ; forget-me-nots of you Are chair and couch, the books your Fingers touched. And now that you Are absent here the silence scrapes A… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
“The animal I wanted Couldn't get into the world I can hear it crying When I sit like this away from life” — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
“What shall light us to murder & defile if by some chance the Laws of the State happen to get turned off?” — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
“It is the nature of man to expose with laws of doubt & impatience, no feeling of wonder that he should a participant in… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night. — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
I think people need a little joy and humor as well as commitment in their lives — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
It is fully practical to create that which has form in the silence. The noise art makes is usually heard by those whose lives… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
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… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
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… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
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… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
