"After the horse dance was over, it seemed……" — Black Elk

"After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked."

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75 Quotes by Black Elk

Black Elk has 75 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching…
Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a…
I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my…
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree;…
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit…
Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the…
The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a…
The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all…
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The…
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in…
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are…

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More Dance Quotes

This quote is filed under Dance Quotes, one of 3,665 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of… — Fred Astaire
Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the… — George Balanchine
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. — Dave Barry
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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