Art Quote by David Rakoff

“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“A dancer isn't great because of their technique...they're great because of their passion.”

— Martha Graham

“When a dancer performs, melody transforms into a carriage, expressions turn into fuel and spirit experiences a journey to a world where passion attains…

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“For Marquez, the transition from standing around to dancing was instantaneous and total. It wasn't about looking cool, it was about losing all contact…

— Katherine Applegate

“If I was looking to play with fire, I wanted to dance in the center of the flames.”

— Leila DeSint

A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.

— Confucius

His movements were so graceful that I wondered if he had been a dancer, but his words betrayed to me that his fluid gestures…

— Maria V. Snyder

“Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.”

— Erol Ozan

A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won't…

— Martha Graham

I started dancing when I was 5 years old. Ballet. Flamenco.

— Julie Newmar

“and I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer. For the dance is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche