Ted Shawn Quotes

• Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

  Ted Shawn

  Inspirational, Dance, Art

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• I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.

  Ted Shawn

  Dance, Spiritual, Believe

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• Education in the art of dance is education of the whole man − his physical, mental and emotional natures are disciplined and nourished simultaneously in dance.

  Ted Shawn

  Dance, Art, Men

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• Work like you don't need money,
  Love like you've never been hurt,
  And dance like no one's watching.
  Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made

  Ted Shawn

  Art, Hurt, Needs

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• I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.

  Ted Shawn

  Believe, Dancing, I Believe

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• I believe that dance is the oldest, noblest and most cogent of the arts. I believe that dance is the most perfect symbol of the activity of God and His angels. I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically. I believe that true education in the art of dance is education of the whole man.

  Ted Shawn

  Art, Believe, Angel

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• I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants
  and a bare torso could speak profound things.

  Ted Shawn

  Dance, Men, Profound

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• Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music uses sound, the sculptor uses stone and wood, the painter his pigments, and the writer - words.

  Ted Shawn

  Dance, Art, Men

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• The artist must be ecstatic about something.

  Ted Shawn

  Art, Artist, Ecstatic

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