Lincoln Kirstein Quotes

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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 painting, so sequence in steps - their syntax, idiom, vocabulary - are the stuff of stage dancing.

Lincoln Kirstein

The candid camera is the greatest liar in the photographic family.... It is anarchic, naïve, and superficial.

Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Kirstein

Born: May 4, 1907

Died: January 5, 1996 (aged 88)

Bio: Lincoln Edward Kirstein was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet.

Known for:

Movement & metaphor (1970)
Paul Cadmus (1984)

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