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title: "1 Dancers Feel Quotes By Alonzo King"
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> [So many dancers feel that what they look like is more important than who they are. This is a real danger for dancers who focus for years on appearances and think of themselves as merely a body. The choreographer can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/so-many-dancers-feel-that-what-they-look-like-is-more-important-than/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

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## More by Alonzo King

> [The artistic path is a fearless occupation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/the-artistic-path-is-a-fearless-occupation/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [Everything in the phenomenal universe is straight line and circle. The horizon, our heads, arms, electrons, the oceans, planets and stars. Their principle function…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/everything-in-the-phenomenal-universe-is-straight-line-and-circle-the/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/to-change-the-world-you-must-first-change-yourself-and-baby-that-s/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [Art is the inheritance of every individual, it activates evolutionary growth, it is an intellectual virtue, and the fostering principle for all that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/art-is-the-inheritance-of-every-individual-it-activates-evolutionary/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/my-intention-was-to-grapple-with-the-metaphysical-meaning-behind/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [“Self-doubt has to be eradicated. If you plant a seed, you don’t dig it up to see if it’s growing. You plant it. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/self-doubt-has-to-be-eradicated-if-you-plant-a-seed-you-don-t-dig-it/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [Be IN it. Get drunk in the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/be-in-it-get-drunk-in-the-moment/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/the-purpose-of-art-is-higher-than-art-what-we-are-really-interested/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/the-deep-art-that-s-the-part-that-has-to-be-guarded-like-a-miser/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [What’s interesting about you is you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/what-s-interesting-about-you-is-you/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [So many dancers feel that what they look like is more important than who they are. This is a real danger for dancers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/so-many-dancers-feel-that-what-they-look-like-is-more-important-than/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [Art is a form of intelligence, it can be developed, it's linked to intuition and it's something that all humans have](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/art-is-a-form-of-intelligence-it-can-be-developed-it-s-linked-to/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/the-world-loves-a-clone-and-a-good-knock-off-it-cheats-the-artist-in/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/dance-training-can-t-be-separate-from-life-training-everything-that/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

> [Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alonzo-king/fear-safety-and-conformity-make-you-mediocre-and-average/)

[Alonzo King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alonzo-king/)

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