Dance Quotes · Page 143

“I know exactly what Einstein meant when he said, "Dancers are the athletes of God." You three look like angels. I can't…

— Kirsty Murray

Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.

— Carine Roitfeld

When I was a kid, I'd always wanted to take karate, but my parents wouldn't let me because I did a lot…

— Adena Friedman

Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you.…

— Eckhart Tolle

I enjoyed Ready For This, which was created by the people behind Dance Academy and Redfern Now, and really it's what you'd…

— Justine Larbalestier

I love going out dancing. There is nothing better than letting your hair down and staying up far too late, is there?

— Liberty Ross

Dancing is another way to communicate. That's what separates The Pussycat Dolls from other groups.

— Nicole Scherzinger

“Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It’s like the Universal Question.”

— Ned Vizzini

The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the…

— Ezra Pound

The sound of the rain needs no translation. In music one doesn't make the end of the composition the point of the…

— Alan Watts

“At night, when no one's there, the dancers and the musicians on the walls come to life and there's a glamorous ball.…

— Chris Bohjalian

I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created…

— Brian J. White

When he grew old, Aristotle, who is not generally considered a tightrope dancer, liked to lose himself in the most labyrinthine and…

— Michel de Certeau

I realized that a dancer's life is very short and I had so much of a creative energy in me that I…

— Vanessa Bell Calloway

A good dancer is not necessarily defined by great technique, skill, or ability to pick up choreography but by confidence. When you…

— Alyssa Edwards

When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means…

— James Murphy

I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means…

— Fred Astaire

If you want a dancer's body, dance. Dance aerobics is my favourite cardio. It's very frustrating if people think you have to…

— Tracy Anderson

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've…

— Britney Spears

The dancing vortex of a sacred metaphor clashes horns and halos to make wounded music set to the tempo of a new…

— Aberjhani

Want to learn how to dance? Have a cold shower today at midnight, I bet, Youll rock like SHAKIRA :)

— Anonymous

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

— Chloe Grace Moretz

Dancing is different than gymnastics, but it's a good different, and it's something that I've always wanted to try.

— Laurie Hernandez

I think dancing was a way of showing your femininity and, through the years, your strength, because it's a male-dominated industry.

— Shirley Ballas

Since a lot of dance movements begin and end with the legs, there is a lot of attention drawn to them. The…

— Cheryl Burke

“Until we teach our children that they need to be concerned with how they look and with what other people think, they…

— Brené Brown

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films…

— Sydney Pollack

I love dancing and I think my dancing served me and my singing because I have a sense of rhythm and timing.

— Claire Danes

If you don't dance, for heaven's sake, you cannot aspire. You do not lift up from this earth.

— Mimi Weddell

“I want to woo you with food now that I've wooed you with words, song, and the magic of my interpretive dance.”

— Stacey Jay

I just want to get on a table, dance on someone's tater tots, and wait for the hall monitor to drag me…

— Katherine Applegate

Before I became famous, people who know me closely knew me first as a dancer, then a composer. I make music because…

— Devi Sri Prasad

I think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy.

— Nathan Chen

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the…

— Adam Sandler

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

— Julia Child

I started off in dance. That was actually my first passion, which introduced me to music, which people don't really know.

— Normani Kordei

There is a clearing for new creative thought in choreography. I don't feel intimidated; there is a lot I can do that…

— Justin Peck

Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don't think so much about it. Just make something interesting.

— George Balanchine

Sometimes it's harder to untrain somebody with dance experience than it is to teach somebody with a new skill.

— Cheryl Burke

I studied all kinds of dance, all types of music. I got good grades. I started hitting the recording studio around 13.

— Jason Derulo