Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Kenneth Rexroth
American poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
Kenneth Charles Marion Rexrothwas an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement.
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Kenneth Charles Marion Rexrothwas an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet, and disliked the association, he was dubbed the “Father of the Beats” by Time magazine. Largely self-educated, Rexroth learned several languages and translated poems from Chinese, French, Spanish, and Japanese.
7 Quotes by Kenneth Rexroth
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Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
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The basic line in any good verse is cadenced… building it around the natural breath structures of speech.
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
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You don’t become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
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Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk’s Well?
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
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I’ve been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
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This isn’t the best town for what we’re doing. Too many other things to pull the crowds away.
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
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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 said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up.
Kenneth RexrothAmerican poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector