All Kenneth Rexroth Quotes
- A white crowned night sparrow sings as the moon sets. Thunder growls far off. Our campfire is a single light. Amongst a hundred peaks and… All
- You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America. America
- Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization. Ability
- Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well? America
- I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life. Around Jazz
- The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech. Any
- When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up… Always News
- It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence. Candor
- Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act. Act
- The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained. Explained
- An entomologist is not a bug. Bug
- Art is the reasoned derangement of the senses. Art
- Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust. Angel
- I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book. Bitches
- The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it.… Action
- I write for one and only one purpose, to overcome the invincible ignorance of the traduced heart. […] I wish to speak to and for… Conspicuous
- Bohemia is a commune in which the Revolution is over and everyone is a member of the aristocracy Aristocracy
- Crooked cards and straight whiskey, Slow horses and fast women. Cards
- Love is the garment of knowledge. Garment
- The free, creative, loving people who shine so brightly in my memory of studios and coffee shops have become models for a huge section of… Alive
- Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she… Buddhism
- This isn't the best town for what we're doing. Too many other things to pull the crowds away. Best