Frank O'hara

Quotes

• “I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that peop...”
• “When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leafto turn away from the sun -- it loves it there.There's nothing so spiritua...”
• “I have been to lots of partiesand acted perfectly disgracefulbut I never actually collapsedoh Lana Turner we love you ge...”
• “Oh! kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas! / You really are beautiful! Pearls, / harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins!”
• “Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara.O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac”
• “That's not a run in your stocking, it's a hand on your leg.”
• “You just go on your nerve.”