Is this a known quote? "Ibelieve apples could talk if they had a mind to."

This is a variant of a line written by the late artist and poet
Kenneth Patchen:

"Believe that apples could talk if they had a mind too" Wonderings,
Kenneth Patchen

Valley City State University 
http://community.vcsu.edu/facultypages/linda_whitney/courses/Art499ContemporaryArtHistory.html

Kenneth Patchen's "Wonderings," in which the "Apples Could Talk" verse
appears, is a strange, disturbing (yet oddly charming) little book of
surreal illustrations, each bearing a hand-lettered caption or a short
free-verse poem. Here you can get a feel for the kinds of things
Patchen created:

Literature and Art Pages of Johannes Beilharz 
http://www.jbeilharz.de/patchen/wonderings.html

Kenneth Patchen Survey
http://www.concentric.net/~lndb/patchen/kpc01.htm

Kenneth Patchen Survey
http://www.concentric.net/~lndb/patchen/kpc02.htm

Kenneth Patchen Survey
http://www.concentric.net/~Lndb/patchen/kpc03.htm

Kenneth Patchen Survey
http://www.concentric.net/~Lndb/patchen/kpc04.htm

Kenneth Patchen Survey
http://www.concentric.net/~Lndb/patchen/kpc05.htm

Kenneth Patchen Survey
http://www.concentric.net/~Lndb/patchen/kpc06.htm

"Wonderings" is widely available from Amazon.com and other online
merchants.

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/081120149X/all/ref=dp_pb_a/002-6191556-6473600

Search terms used in locating this information:

"apples could talk"
"kenneth patchen"
"wonderings"

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pinkfreud

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