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title: "17 Dance Art Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Dance Art quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Dance Art sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ted-shawn-45341_art_dance-is-the-only-art-of-which-we-oursel_2211909.png"
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> [Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-shawn/dance-is-the-only-art-of-which-we-ourselves-are-the-stuff-of-which-it/)

[Ted Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-shawn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ted-shawn-45341_art_dance-is-the-only-art-of-which-we-oursel_2211909.png)

> [“Tanacity is the dance within the art of opportunity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rasheed-ogunlaru/tanacity-is-the-dance-within-the-art-of-opportunity/)

[Rasheed Ogunlaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rasheed-ogunlaru/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/rasheed-ogunlaru-1936_art_tanacity-is-the-dance-within-the-art-of_1442282.png)

> [The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-dance-is-an-art-because-it-demands-vocation-knowledge-and-ability/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/august-bournonville-39576_ability_the-dance-is-an-art-because-it-demands-v_708919.png)

> [Dance is not an exercise. Dance is an art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-alonso/dance-is-not-an-exercise-dance-is-an-art/)

[Alicia Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-alonso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/alicia-alonso-81593_art_dance-is-not-an-exercise-dance-is-an-art_2507045.png)

> [Dance is art not on a page art that is living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/dance-is-art-not-on-a-page-art-that-is-living/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/anonymous-1_art_dance-is-art-not-on-a-page-art-that-is-l_784608.jpg)

> [The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/the-body-is-your-instrument-in-dance-but-your-art-is-outside-that-2/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/martha-graham-2832_art_the-body-is-your-instrument-in-dance-but_1342584.png)

> [Dance is an art, so day by day, it's growing and there are new things that can be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-boss/dance-is-an-art-so-day-by-day-it-s-growing-and-there-are-new-things/)

[Stephen Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-boss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/stephen-boss-30022_art_dance-is-an-art-so-day-by-day-it-s-growi_637074.jpg)

> [Dance is an art that imprints on the soul. It is with you every moment, it expresses itself in everything you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/dance-is-an-art-that-imprints-on-the-soul-it-is-with-you-every-moment/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/shirley-maclaine-1977_art_dance-is-an-art-that-imprints-on-the-sou_2013391.jpg)

> [“Dance is an art in space and time. The object of the dancer is to obliterate that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merce-cunningham/dance-is-an-art-in-space-and-time-the-object-of-the-dancer-is-to/)

[Merce Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merce-cunningham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/merce-cunningham-16180_art_dance-is-an-art-in-space-and-time-the-ob_22602.jpg)

> [For all those who are interested in the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, esthetic, historical or any other aspects of our dance art... It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/padma-subrahmanyam/for-all-those-who-are-interested-in-the-spiritual-emotional/)

[Padma Subrahmanyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/padma-subrahmanyam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/padma-subrahmanyam-98138_academic_for-all-those-who-are-interested-in-the_1068044.png)

> [dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/dance-is-simply-the-refinement-of-human-movement-walking-running-and/)

[Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/twyla-tharp-1069_art_dance-is-simply-the-refinement-of-human_646535.png)

> [The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. I don't leap and jump anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/the-body-is-your-instrument-in-dance-but-your-art-is-outside-that/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/martha-graham-2832_age_the-body-is-your-instrument-in-dance-but_1291362.jpg)

> [I believe that dance was the first art. A philosopher has said that dance and architecture were the first arts. I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/i-believe-that-dance-was-the-first-art-a-philosopher-has-said-that/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/martha-graham-2832_architecture_i-believe-that-dance-was-the-first-art-a_987022.png)

> [The noblest art is the nude. This truth is recognized by all, and followed by painters, sculptors and poets. Only the dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isadora-duncan/the-noblest-art-is-the-nude-this-truth-is-recognized-by-all-and/)

[Isadora Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isadora-duncan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/isadora-duncan-7255_art_the-noblest-art-is-the-nude-this-truth-i_917024.jpg)

> [Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. Dance is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-shawn/work-like-you-don-t-need-money-love-like-you-ve-never-been-hurt-and/)

[Ted Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-shawn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/ted-shawn-45341_art_work-like-you-don-t-need-money-love-like_334455.png)

> [It is a temptation to exploit one's technique because an audience is easily reached this way, but they cannot be moved by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alla-osipenko/it-is-a-temptation-to-exploit-one-s-technique-because-an-audience-is/)

[Alla Osipenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alla-osipenko/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/alla-osipenko-218019_art_it-is-a-temptation-to-exploit-one-s-tech_1244950.png)

> [Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully, and with inevitability. Dance is the only art of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/dance-is-communication-and-so-the-great-challenge-is-to-speak-clearly-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/anonymous-1_art_dance-is-communication-and-so-the-great_1290122.jpg)

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