Top 802 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Dancers - Page 4

My thing with failure, just forget about it and get up and do it again.

You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.

I care more about Curtis than I do about selfies and looking good.

Certain people have certain ways of focusing on things, and some arrange their lens to a pinhole in order to focus only on their goal. Others have a giant lens, and they take in the whole panorama. I was that pinhole kind of person.

I have good days and bad days.

Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes.

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.

The key for me is really just to stay in a child-like state in the rehearsal studio. I'm really goofy and really silly and crazy. If I get too serious, I start hitting a wall.

Keep all your balls in the air.

An all-white space has a purity that is refreshing and serene.

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

If you're smiling , you're happy out.

Dancers have always been a kind of background image, we've always danced behind an artist or we've danced in a movie behind the actors. We've always been very secondary.

I have a thing for earphones - I have five types.

In Hollywood, after you get a little success, the next thing you usually get is a divorce.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Dance is like life. It exists as you are flitting through it, and when it's over, it's done.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

I get Twitter, and think it's a great way to keep it in touch, but I don't do it a lot. I hate reading when people tweet about what you're eating or who they are out with, but it's a nice way to keep in touch with people.

I am always looking for options that yield something unexpected.

I like getting blotto at parties but I also like being sober and I hate the hangover.

I know all my years of training aren't helping with TikTok dancing, but I know that TikTok dancing is fun.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.

I danced with passion to spite the music.

I've had every hair style imaginable.

I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.

He is a Hindu NRI and I am a Christian, so I did a court marriage and had a Catholic wedding. The wedding was intimate with just family members.

I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.

I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons... Actors have no inhibitions, and I'm inhibited by everything. To be able to make fun of yourself is a skill and a liberating experience.

I lived in sheds, I kipped under bushes, sofa surfing - I went through the whole array of it.

Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of that visual artist.

My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

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

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

Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances.

It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that hasn't been gleaned or understood from watching and working with so many people I admire before me.

Yes I've had my nose done.

'Dilbar' is very close to me. It was a turning point in my career.

It's such a cliche thing to say. I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want to write music, I want to play music, I want to sing. For me, it's never-ending. I want to do it all, really.

Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.'

I am not an ape, I am a man. The world has been created by God. Man has been created by God. It is not possible for man to understand God - God understands God. Man is God and therefore understands God. I am God. I am a man. I am good and not a beast. I am an animal with reason. I have flesh, I *am* flesh, I am not descended from flesh. Flesh is created by God. I am God. I am God. I am God.

Because I like to pick up where I left off and continue from there.

I told you to sell it, not give it away.

I have a beautiful, big bathtub.

I respect traditions, you can't walk all over them, but at the same time our world is changing. Life is about moving on.

I've loved CATS since I was a child - particularly the role of Victoria, so when the opportunity to audition came about I was very interested.

Our pointe shoes are our instruments. If something's wrong with my feet, all my mind goes there. I usually have six pairs ready. Soft shoes for one act, stiffer shoes for another, stronger shoes for a variation with a lot of turns.

There is no such thing as loving or believing too much.

A lot of things inspire me, but I would have to say the main thing that drives me is music.

I always like to cite John Cage's mantra, "If you can stand it for two-minutes, try it for four." In fact, when I look at some of those early films of mine, I think, "Oh my God. Cut it, cut it." The general sense of duration has changed over the years, my own sensibility with it.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

Dance is my passion and love, and I am not abandoning it for anything.

It's a very hard goal. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to stand up to the bully and not let it be OK - tell a teacher, the principal, or your parents. I want people to stand up and to be confident.

Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

In 2012, I was diagnosed with melanoma - skin cancer - and had to get surgery on my left foot. I was out for four weeks - no dancing, no walking, nothing! It was horrible, but it taught me patience and to never take for granted the simple things we have.