I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the…

People tend to look at dancers like we are these little jewels, little cardboard cut outs, and yet we have blood and guts and…

— Susan Jaffe

I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to…

— Twyla Tharp

I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dance when you're perfectly free.

— Rumi

The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and if that…

— Martha Graham

The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.

— La Meri

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

— Martha Graham

Dance is like wine; it matures with every performance.

— Alarmel Valli

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

— Martha Graham

Dance... enjoy each step along the way.

— Wayne Dyer

The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space. But the dance lives at…

— Curt Sachs

Work like you don't need the money.

— Joseph Joubert

There were ten dancers - four guys and six girls - including me, on the Beyonce tour. Sometimes we would go out with her,…

— Heather Morris

Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged.

— Karen Kain

Someone is dead. Even the trees know it, those poor old dancers who come on lewdly, all pea-green scarfs and spine pole.

— Anne Sexton