Quote by: Frank O'Hara

My Heart I'm not going to cry all the time nor shall I laugh all the time, I don't prefer one "strain" to another. I'd have the immediacy of a bad movie, not just a sleeper, but also the big, overproduced first-run kind. I want to be at least as alive as the vulgar. And if some aficionado of my mess says "That's not like Frank!," all to the good! I don't wear brown and grey suits all the time, do I? No. I wear workshirts to the opera, often. I want my feet to be bare, I want my face to be shaven, and my heart--you can't plan on the heart, but the better part of it, my poetry, is open.


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Author Bio


  • NameFrank O'Hara
  • DescriptionAmerican poet, art critic and writer
  • BornMarch 27, 1926
  • DiedJuly 25, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Playwright
  • AwardsNational Book Award