He was trained as a dancer, and he had both a dancer's body and a dancer's capacity. He incarnated for me the most appealing and tragic aspects of American lower-class life.

Quote by Lincoln Kirstein

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Dancing Quotes

She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity.

She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity.

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed...

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed...

Harvard was a kind of luxurious afternoon.

Harvard was a kind of luxurious afternoon.

In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and...

In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and...

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to...

When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies,...

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies,...

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because...

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are...

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are...

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Anarchy! Revolution, Justice, Screaming For Solutions, Forcing Changes, Risk, and Danger, Making Noise and Making...

Anarchy! Revolution, Justice, Screaming For Solutions, Forcing Changes, Risk, and Danger, Making Noise and Making...

Libertarianism is the anarchy where rich people have both money and guns.

Libertarianism is the anarchy where rich people have both money and guns.

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore,...

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore,...