I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in th…

- Kenneth Koch

If you want to know how much I love and care for you, count the waves.

- Kenneth Koch

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

- Kenneth Koch

One day the Nouns were clustered in the street. An Adjective walked by, with her dark beauty. The Nouns were struck, moved, changed. The next day a V…

- Kenneth Koch

Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or …

- Kenneth Koch

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

- Kenneth Koch

When you get an idea, go and write. Don't waste it in conversation.

- Kenneth Koch

It seems everything is so full of possibilities one can hardly take it all in.

- Kenneth Koch

Poetry, which is written while no one is looking, is meant to be looked at for all time.

- Kenneth Koch