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Quote by Kenneth Koch
I love painting and music, of course. I dont know nearly as much a

I love painting and music, of course. I dont know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. Ive certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didnt read it until I was in my late 20s. – Kenneth Koch

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I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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Certainly, it seems true enough that theres a good deal of irony in the world… I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, theres obviously a lot of deception. – Kenneth Koch

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The subject matter of the stories on the surface… there seem to be a number of stories about travel. – Kenneth Koch

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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. – J. K. Rowling

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And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. – John C. Ransom

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[T]rue poets… can pierce through the clouds to the light, and save the purity of their inspiration from the general disorder. It is refreshing to read them, delightful to steep ourselves in their truthful poetry. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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