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

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...

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...

Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

Money never starts an idea; it's the idea that starts the money.

Money never starts an idea; it's the idea that starts the money.

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Your ideas are like diamonds.. .without the refining process, they are just a dirty rock,...

Your ideas are like diamonds.. .without the refining process, they are just a dirty rock,...

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of...

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of...

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

I have only the idea I have made of myself to sustain me on oceans...

I have only the idea I have made of myself to sustain me on oceans...

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old...

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.