All Lincoln Kirstein Quotes
- In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been… Absolute
- She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity. Chronologically
- Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota. Ballet
- If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful… Ability
- Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and… Abnegation
- Dance design is not simply one element; it is that without which ballet cannot exist. As aria is to opera, words to poetry, color to… Aria
- Harvard was a kind of luxurious afternoon. Afternoon
- 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… American
- I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed to me to be in a state of emergency. Always Seemed