Art Quote by Jack Anderson

The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that.…

— John Guare

Dancing of late years has been degraded to the narrow limits and low professionalism of mere mechanical proficiency, associated with the most frivolous... phases…

— Ruth St. Denis

Dancing as an art, we may be sure, cannot die out, but will always be undergoing a rebirth. Not merely as an art, but…

— Havelock Ellis

Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

— Deborah Bull

For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of…

— Darcey Bussell

Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer's art is lived while he…

— Martha Graham

Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts . . .

— Shana Alexander

Dance is so prominent, now more than it's been before, but I still feel like there's this void that needs to be filled that…

— Haley Lu Richardson

Dance is an art, so day by day, it's growing and there are new things that can be done.

— Stephen Boss

Dance today is clearly in an unsettled state. Old forms and traditions are being given up. New ones are arising to take their place.…

— Margaret H'Doubler

The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.

— Robert Gottlieb