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Robinson Jeffers was an American poet known for his majestic descriptions of nature and profound philosophical reflections. His poetry often explores the relationship between humans and the natural world, as well as reflections on modern civilization.

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Famous Robinson Jeffers Quotes

“Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.”

Mind Stills Rebellion

Book:The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

Source: The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

“Nature knows that people are a tide that swells and in time will ebb, and all their works dissolve ... As for us: We must uncenter our minds from ourselves. We must unhumanize our views a little and become confident as the rock and ocean that we are made from.”

People Knows Mind Littles Made Views Rocks Ocean Tides

Author:Robinson Jeffers

“Does it matter whether you hate yourself? At least love your eyes that can see, your mind that can hear the music, the thunder of the wings.”

Mind Doe Matter Eye Hate Wings Thunder Does It Matter

Author:Robinson Jeffers

“Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.”

Mind Imagination Taken Solitude Traitor

Book:The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

Source: The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

“...Science and mathematics Run parallel to reality, they symbolize it, they squint at it, They never touch it: consider what an explosion Would rock the bones of men into little white fragments and unsky the world If any mind for a moment touch truth.”

Ifs Men World Mind Littles Moments Reality Truth Running White Rocks Mathematics Bones Fragments Parallels Explosions

Author:Robinson Jeffers

About the Author

Born: January 10, 1887
Died: January 20, 1962
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 64

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The Selected Poetry of Robinson JeffersRelated source material

The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson JeffersRelated source material

The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962Related source material

The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers: With Selected Letters of Una JeffersRelated source material

The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1928-1938Related source material

Selected poemsRelated source material

Stones of the SurRelated source material

The Selected PoetryRelated source material

The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Poetry 1903-1920, prose, and unpublished writingsRelated source material

Cawdor, a Long Poem: Medea, After EuripidesRelated source material

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