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> [In the dance the boundaries between body and soul are effaced. The body moves itself spiritually, the spirit bodily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-van-der-leeuw/in-the-dance-the-boundaries-between-body-and-soul-are-effaced-the/)

[Gerard van der Leeuw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-van-der-leeuw/)

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## More by Gerard van der Leeuw

> [The art of beautiful motion is far and away the oldest. Before man learned how to use any instruments at all, he moved the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-van-der-leeuw/the-art-of-beautiful-motion-is-far-and-away-the-oldest-before-man/)

[Gerard van der Leeuw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-van-der-leeuw/)

> [The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-van-der-leeuw/the-dance-is-the-most-universal-of-the-arts-since-as-goethe-justly/)

[Gerard van der Leeuw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-van-der-leeuw/)

> [The surrender of oneself to a stronger power, the unification of one's own movements with the movements of the whole is what makes dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-van-der-leeuw/the-surrender-of-oneself-to-a-stronger-power-the-unification-of-one-s/)

[Gerard van der Leeuw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-van-der-leeuw/)

> [Historically and phenomenologically viewed, dance is the original art. All arts are found within it, in its undivided unity. The image, made dynamic through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-van-der-leeuw/historically-and-phenomenologically-viewed-dance-is-the-original-art/)

[Gerard van der Leeuw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-van-der-leeuw/)

> [In the dance the boundaries between body and soul are effaced. The body moves itself spiritually, the spirit bodily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-van-der-leeuw/in-the-dance-the-boundaries-between-body-and-soul-are-effaced-the/)

[Gerard van der Leeuw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-van-der-leeuw/)

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