Dance Quotes - Page 27

How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.

Dance is the stepchild of the arts.

Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.

The Gods have meant That I should dance And by the Gods I will!

I'm a terrible dancer.

See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it.

The great universe is filled with an abundance of all things, filled to overflowing. All there is, is in her, waiting only for the touch of the right forces to cast them forth.

Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success.

Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid.

In the midst of depressing care and labor I turn constantly to divine Love for guidance, and find rest.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor for a perfect stance, a perfect plie.

A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won't settle for anything less.

The body is a sacred garment.

I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I direct dancers, I direct singers, I direct films. I also direct puppeteers. I'm really a theatre maker, but there's not a word for that.

I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of it and wonder, "Now, why did they applaud here?" If it's a white crowd, they usually applaud because they think it's a pretty movement. If it's a black crowd, it's usually because they identify with the message.

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of her soul...This is the truly creative dancer, natural but not imitative, speaking in movement out of herself and out of something greater than all selves.

To see the clothes in movement like that, to create for dancers, is special.

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.

As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural.

I get enough sleep. I take very good care of myself. Growing up as a dancer, you know your body so well, you know what to do to overcome something.

The Dance instills in you something that sets you apart. Something heroic and remote.