Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Bill T. Jones

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Bill T. Jones.
Last updated on November 17, 2024.
Bill T. Jones

William Tass Jones, known as Bill T. Jones, is an American choreographer, director, author and dancer. He is the co-founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Jones is Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, the company's home in Manhattan, whose activities encompass an annual presenting season together with allied education programming and services for artists. Independently of New York Live Arts and his dance company, Jones has choreographed for major performing arts ensembles, contributed to Broadway and other theatrical productions, and collaborated on projects with a range of fellow artists. Jones has been called "one of the most notable, recognized modern-dance choreographers and directors of our time."

Born: February 15, 1952
When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.
Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.
The body is a reservoir of all sorts of tensions and dark forces. And it's also the potential source of amazing energy. This thing wants to live. It is a powerful engine. The brain (is) a reservoir of images, dreams, fears, associations, language. And its potential we can't even begin to understand. Movement begins to negotiate the distance between the brain and the body and it can be surprising what we learn about each other.
This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is. — © Bill T. Jones
This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.
We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.
We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"
Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.
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