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


"The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie."
~Agnes de Mille


"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals."
~Charles Baudelaire


"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful." ~Agnes De Mille


"Dancers are the athletes of God." ~Albert Einstein


"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance."
~Japanese Proverb


"Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life."
~Miranda Weese (NYCB)


"There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them."
~Vicki Baum


"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art." ~Doris Humphrey, 1937


"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels."
~Faith Whittlesey


"Artists lead unglamorous daily lives of discipline and routine, but their work is full of passion. Each has a vision and feels responsibility to that vision."
~Merryl Brockway


"Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other."
~George Borodin


"It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun the joy of dance."
~Martha Graham


"I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance."
~George Balanchine


"Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays."
~George Balanchine


"Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~Albert Einstein


"Dancers are among the most passionate and dedicated of artists and rarely take their work for granted."
~Anonymous


"Dance is the hidden language of the soul." ~Martha Graham


"I don't want dancers who want to dance. I want dancers who have to dance." -George Balanchine


"Dance- an art form. The body- an instrument. Learn to play the instrument and master the art form." -Debbie Dee


"To dance is to be yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power on earth and it is yours for the taking." -Agnes DeMille


"Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths." -Martha Graham


"Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policemen, always alert, always tense, but see policemen don't have to be beautiful at the same time." -George Balanchine


"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!"  - Constanze


"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt

“The journey between who you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.” - Barbara De Angelis