Fred Astaire Quotes about Dancing

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.

Fred Astaire

Dance, Dancing, Style

"Joy Ride" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. March 31, 2014.

Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.

Fred Astaire

Dancing, Intention, Interpretation

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing ... I just dance.

Fred Astaire

Dancing, Desire, Just Dance

For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.

Fred Astaire

Dancing, Individuality, Style

I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing.

Fred Astaire

Kissing, Dancing, Making Love

"We Thought We Could Do Anything: The Life of Screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron" by Henry Ephron, New York: Norton, (p. 131), 1977.

If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.

Fred Astaire

Dance, Dancing, Ballet

When you have a Dancing partner, there's always gonna be a moment where the girl's gonna cry, Ginger didn't do that. But, most every other girl I've worked with have cried because they said "aah, I can't do it" and I have to go "Yes, you can, Shut up!" and they do do it.

Fred Astaire

Girl, Yes You Can, Dancing