Books Quote by Kenneth Patchen

Do I not deal with angels When her lips I touch.

— 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”

— Kenneth Patchen

“What shall light us to murder & defile if by some chance the Laws of the State happen to get turned off?”

— 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…

— Kenneth Patchen

Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.

— Kenneth Patchen

Art is not to throw light but to be light...

— Kenneth Patchen

I think people need a little joy and humor as well as commitment in their lives

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Kenneth Patchen

Caring is the only daring.

— 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…

— Kenneth Patchen