Pearl Primus Quotes

• The dance is strong magic. The body can fly without wings. It can sing without voice. The dance is strong magic. The dance is life.

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  Life, Dance, Strong

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• Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. It’s the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustration common to all human beings who because of race, creed, or color, are ‘invisible’. Dance is the fist with which I fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice.

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  Dance, Ignorance, Fighting

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• I dance not to entertain but to help people better understand each other. Because through dance I have experienced the wordless joy of freedom, I seek it more fully now for my people and for all people everywhere.

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  Dance, Art, Freedom

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