Dance Quotes - Page 2

• The body says what words cannot.

  Martha Graham

  Photography, Get Well, Caring

  "Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance". archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• Life's a dance you learn as you go.

  John Michael Montgomery

  Teacher, Teaching, Country Love Song

  Song: Life's A Dance, 1992

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• I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

  Margaret Atwood

  Dancing, Flawless, Ballerina

  Margaret Atwood (2012). “Lady Oracle”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Art, Ballet Class

  "Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance". archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  God, Philosophy, Believe

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• The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Ballet, Steps, Problem

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• Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

  Mary Schmich

  Inspirational, Ballet Class, Dancing

  Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.33, Agate Digital

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• There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

  Vicki Baum

  Happiness, Happy, Ballet Class

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• To understand the culture, study the dance. To understand the dance, study the people.

  Charles Davis

  People, Culture, Study

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• And the merry love the fiddle, and the merry love to dance.

  William Butler Yeats

  Ireland And The Irish, Fiddle, Merry

  William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.60, Wordsworth Editions

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• After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.

  Black Elk

  Inspirational, Horse, Dancing

  Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

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• Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.

  Martha Graham

  Communication, Dancing, Challenges

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• When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Life, Strength, Sad

  Song: I Hope You Dance, Album: I Hope You Dance

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• To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

  Jane Austen

  Falling In Love, Dancing, Steps

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.99, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Someone need not be perfect to be a great dancer - feeling a soul is more important than what the body can do.

  Marcia Haydee

  Dancing, Perfect, Soul

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• All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

  Moliere

  Book, Skills, Dancing

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• At the still point, there the dance is.

  T. S. Eliot

  Beautiful, Scene, Quartets

  'Four Quartets' 'Burnt Norton' (1936) pt. 2

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• Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!

  Constanze Mozart

  Dream, Ballet Class, Feet

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• Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

  Confucius

  Men, Giving, Dancing

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• Dance is music made visible

  George Balanchine

  Made, Visible

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• A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

  Ayn Rand

  Motivational, Teamwork, Creativity

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.99, Penguin

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• Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

  Anna Pavlova

  Dancing, Ballet, Technique

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  Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Ballet Class, Dancing, Trying

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• To dance, put your hand on your heart and listen to the sound of your soul.

  Eugene Louis Faccuito

  Heart, Hands, Dancing

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