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American poet, born on December 22, 1905, and died on June 6, 1982. Kenneth Rexroth is known for his unique poetic style and advocacy of free thought.

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Famous Kenneth Rexroth Quotes

“Poetry has ceased to be a public art and has become, as Whitehead said of religion, "What man does with his aloneness.”

Men Doe Art Said Public Art

Book:Classics Revisited

Source: Classics Revisited

“Men who live like Casanova are seldom interested in themselves; their egocentricity does not give them time for egotism.”

Men Giving Doe Egotism Casanova

Author:Kenneth Rexroth

“Perhaps this is what really happens in life to most good men. They are not crucified. They simply pass through life and then die, and their passing influences just a few people to make them just a little happy.”

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Book:More Classics Revisited

Source: More Classics Revisited

“Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of Mediocrity. We forget that the very volume of this criticism is an indication that our society is still radically pluralistic. Not only are there plenty of exceptionalists who take exception to the stereotyping of the mass culture but that very string of epithets comes from a series of books that have been recent best-sellers, symptoms of a popular, living tradition of dissent from things as they are.”

“Marriage is the last sacrament available to modern man, and with the terrible destruction of interpersonal relations by capitalism and its war-making State, it is not very available, nor is it surely enduring. But then, vision does not come with guarantees.”

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Author:Kenneth Rexroth

“Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.”

Men Dies Angel Thrive Ecstasy Disgusting Pigs

Author:Kenneth Rexroth

“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. Without the hidden conspiracy of goodwill, society would not endure an hour.”

Men Doe Action Hours Responsibility Treats Endure Boring Mature Conspiracy Taking Responsibility Courtesy Mischief Goodwill Friendliness

Author:Kenneth Rexroth

About the Author

Born: December 22, 1905
Died: June 6, 1982
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 44

Books & Sources

Classics RevisitedRelated source material

More Classics RevisitedRelated source material

The Collected Shorter PoemsRelated source material

An autobiographical novelRelated source material

AssaysRelated source material

Communalism: From Its Origins to the Twentieth CenturyRelated source material

Sacramental Acts: The Love Poems of Kenneth RexrothRelated source material

The Love Poems of MarichikoRelated source material

The alternative society: essays from the other worldRelated source material

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