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title: "1 Personal Just Quotes By Alvin Ailey"
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> [Nothing personal; I just don't have people over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/nothing-personal-i-just-don-t-have-people-over/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

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## More by Alvin Ailey

> [Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/everything-in-dancing-is-style-allusion-the-essence-of-many-thoughts/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/one-of-the-worst-things-about-racism-is-what-it-does-to-young-people/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/if-you-live-in-the-elite-world-of-dance-you-find-yourself-in-a-world/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/i-am-trying-to-show-the-world-that-we-are-all-human-beings-and-that/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [I always want to have more dancers in my company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/i-always-want-to-have-more-dancers-in-my-company/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [We talk too much of black art when we should be talking about art, just art. Black composers must be free to write rondos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/we-talk-too-much-of-black-art-when-we-should-be-talking-about-art/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/one-of-the-processes-of-your-life-is-to-constantly-break-down-that/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don't care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/my-dancers-must-be-able-to-do-anything-and-i-don-t-care-if-they-are/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, but the dance speaks to everyone... Otherwise, it wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/its-roots-are-in-american-negro-culture-which-is-part-of-the-whole/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/i-wanted-to-explore-black-culture-and-i-wanted-that-culture-to-be-a/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it is not enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/no-matter-what-you-write-or-choreograph-you-feel-it-is-not-enough/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/the-creative-process-is-not-controlled-by-a-switch-you-can-simply/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [Money is a never-ending problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/money-is-a-never-ending-problem/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/it-will-take-very-sophisticated-marketing-to-achieve-our-aim-of/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

> [We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-ailey/we-still-spend-more-time-chasing-funds-than-we-do-in-the-studio-in/)

[Alvin Ailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-ailey/)

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