"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 the deeps and brights of all man."

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Source : Kenneth Patchen (1948). “Cloth of the Tempest”

Kenneth Patchen

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“The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.”
“The universe is contained within us, and what we experience externally is only a reflection.”
“There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.”
“The very first time I realized what unconditional love meant ; was the very first time I held each one of my children in my arms. It was love at first sight.”
“The rule in the women's colleges was that after 7 p.m. all men were beasts. Up until 7 p.m. they were all angels, and the girls simply had to learn to live with that routine and practise love in the afternoon.”
“Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelÃ¨d throne, the Cherub Contemplation.”
“Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.”
“I hate diets and I love eating.”

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