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

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...

She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity.

She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity.

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...

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

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.

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...

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

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

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

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...

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...

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,...

Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full...

Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full...

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...

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

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...

If your anti-anarchy arguement is people will get sick and starve. I must laugh in...

If your anti-anarchy arguement is people will get sick and starve. I must laugh in...

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...

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...

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...

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.