---
title: "1 Expressing feelings Quotes By Pina Bausch"
description: "1 Expressing feelings quotes by Pina Bausch. Plus more from Pina Bausch and more Expressing feelings sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/pina-bausch-31391_certain_when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-neve_1071999.jpg"
---

> [When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-never-thought-of-it-as/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/pina-bausch-31391_certain_when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-neve_1071999.jpg)

## More by Pina Bausch

> [I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/i-loved-to-dance-because-i-was-scared-to-speak-when-i-was-moving-i/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [To understand what I am saying, you have to believe that dance is something other than technique. We forget where the movements come from.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/to-understand-what-i-am-saying-you-have-to-believe-that-dance-is/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-never-thought-of-it-as/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/dance-dance-otherwise-we-are-lost/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [I'm not interested in how people move; I'm interested in what makes them move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/i-m-not-interested-in-how-people-move-i-m-interested-in-what-makes/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [It was not like I planned even to be a choreographer. It just happened to me somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/it-was-not-like-i-planned-even-to-be-a-choreographer-it-just-happened/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [Everything must come from the heart, must be lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/everything-must-come-from-the-heart-must-be-lived/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [I didn't want to imitate anybody. Any movement I knew, I didn't want to use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/i-didn-t-want-to-imitate-anybody-any-movement-i-knew-i-didn-t-want-to/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/i-m-not-so-interested-in-how-they-move-as-in-what-moves-them/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [The things we discover for ourselves are the most important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/the-things-we-discover-for-ourselves-are-the-most-important/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [Repetition is not repetition, ... The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/repetition-is-not-repetition-the-same-action-makes-you-feel-something/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [What I try to do is find a language for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/what-i-try-to-do-is-find-a-language-for-life/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [Your fragility is also your strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/your-fragility-is-also-your-strength/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [I want to feel something, as a person. I don't want to be bored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/i-want-to-feel-something-as-a-person-i-don-t-want-to-be-bored/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

> [I'm not interested in how people move, but what moves them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/i-m-not-interested-in-how-people-move-but-what-moves-them/)

[Pina Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pina-bausch/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Expressing feelings Quotes By Pina Bausch",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Pina Bausch"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pina-bausch/when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-never-thought-of-it-as/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/pina-bausch-31391_certain_when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-neve_1071999.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/pina-bausch-31391_certain_when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-neve_1071999.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/pina-bausch-31391_certain_when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-neve_1071999.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though…” — Pina Bausch",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/",
            "name": "Expressing feelings Quotes by Pina Bausch",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/pina-bausch-31391_certain_when-i-first-began-choreographing-i-neve_1071999.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Expressing feelings quotes by Pina Bausch. Plus more from Pina Bausch and more Expressing feelings sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Expressing Feelings",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Pina Bausch",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-feelings/pina-bausch/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```