Dance Quotations

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

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.

Sex in a dance is in the eyes of the beholder. I never thought my dances sexy. I suppose that's because I see myself with my face washed, and to me I look like a rabbit.

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.

When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

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

Dance every performance as if it were your last.

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I'm with my girlfriends, I act like I'm 19.

One of my favorite things to do is to play music really loud and dance my butt off in the morning. I'll do it alone in my apartment. You can't have a bad day after that.

I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.

I do really silly dancing. I love dancing, but I'm not cool when I dance. It's not about my moves, it's not about how cool I am, it's not about how slick I look on the dance floor, it's about having a great time.

Music was massive from an early age. My parents were huge music fans, especially soul, and they played records in our house all the time, and me and my brother and sister would dance and sing about the living room.

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.

I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

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

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell ... we can't dance synonyms.

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

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

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

My mom is actually a former prima ballerina, and all the women in my family are associated either with dance or choreography or acting, so I'm very lucky in a way because I grew up in a family of artists. I've been dancing since I was a little kid.

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.

I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.

When I'm traveling, I always look for a dance studio. It's a great workout and a wonderful way to meet new friends in the community.

During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.

It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.

When I play it I look out and see people hold on to each other and dance or just couples leaning into each other and kiss. And I'll go: 'You know, I could have worked hard at school and been a dentist. But I'm so glad I didn't.' Because when I look out and see that I feel like the Pied Piper of love.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know

The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.

'Green Garden' is about beauty and joy and lush green and dance and excitement and smiling from within.

Our wild boar shoot at our home in Germany is always a riot because we invite lots of friends. We spend the day out in the woods, but then we get all dressed up in long gowns to dance around in the evenings.

Kleiber was the perfect dancer - so perfect that you could see the process. After all, dance is a process; it's a series of snapshots. Kleiber knew how to connect people to the flow, so he could stop managing people.

I'm going to do 'The Social Network Two: The Electric Boogaloo.' And I have a part in 'Beige Swan.' I'm going to be the lead, but I don't dance. I just do a lot of sitting down. It's too tiring to get up and dance around. That should be coming out in 20-never.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

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.

When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Medical knowledge and technical savvy are biodegradable. The sort of medicine that was practiced in Boston or New York or Atlanta fifty years ago would be as strange to a medical student or intern today as the ceremonial dance of a !Kung San tribe would seem to a rock festival audience in Hackensack.

Directing a movie is a little bit like being back in student government and putting on the homecoming dance. You're like, 'You put up the streamers, and you hire the DJ, and you get the punch bowl.' Some people are just like, 'This dance sucks.' And you're like, 'No no, this dance is awesome!' You have to be really positive.

Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don't necessarily have alcohol at the center.

I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

For me, it's like biking around the neighborhood, the walks and stuff, because I have never enjoyed the gym. Or I'll do, since I used to dance a lot, all the old dance exercises.

It's all about the sensuality of movement, every movement you make. That's why I love doing action movies. It's all about movement, dance - even if you're hitting someone in the face. You've got to sell it all with great passion. There's a narrative to the body. It's exactly the same as dance.

He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I think that's the key and that's the magic, it's making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they're on the dance floor.

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

Dancing is my number one love. That was my first goal as a child. I would love to do stage, maybe do Chicago. I love being in front of an audience. It's so stimulating. I also love to barbecue.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

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

I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing.

I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression.

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.

I danced with passion to spite the music.

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time

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

I love to dance in the disco, but that's about it.

My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.

So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life.