Kenneth Rexroth Quotes


"This isn't the best town for what we're doing. Too many other things to pull the crowds away."
- Kenneth Rexroth
(Related: Crowds)

"You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America."
- Kenneth Rexroth
(Related: Life, America, Italy)

"Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust."
- Kenneth Rexroth
(Related: Angels, Disgust, Ecstasy, Man)

"Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well?"
- Kenneth Rexroth
(Related: Performance, America, First)

"I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life."
- Kenneth Rexroth
(Related: Life, Jazz, Musicians)

"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 Rexroth
(Related: Life, Temple, Buddhism, Buddhist, Ceremony)