Mark Morris Quotes

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• I want people to look like people when they're dancing.
• Usually that's going into biology in a certain way. There's certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I'm not against employing those…
• I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't…
• I can read music, but I have no technique, and singing was never an option even though I sang a lot growing up.
• I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience.
• As I have said before, dancing is for anyone, but not for everyone.
• Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today.
• I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four…
• No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and…
• I have a beautiful, big bathtub.
• The one reason people don't take dance seriously is because a lot of choreographers don't take dance seriously.
• There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going.
• Some people only work to recorded music because it's so reliable and exactly the same every time, which is exactly why I don't.
• I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or…
• If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I…
• Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good; the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook…
• Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want…
• Every child dances, and then you learn not to.
• Disney is thrilling and informative and important and beautiful and suspect. Butts was a detail I observed later and definitely ties in. I suppose I…
• I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want.

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