"For Indians, images are a means of celebrating……" — Jamake Highwater
"For Indians, images are a means of celebrating mystery and not a manner of explaining it"
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15 Quotes by Jamake Highwater
Jamake Highwater has 15 quotes on this site.
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We've reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an…
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At the root of all the various manifestations of dancing lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize…
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The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as…
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Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended…
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In the New Hebrides, any dancer making a mistake was assaulted, wounded, and possibly killed by bowmen posted to keep…
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The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery...peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape…
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Some of the most popular discos in America and Europe were started as gay establishments, which began to open their…
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White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person's inarticulate body…
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Dance in this century has remained primarily a personal ritual operating, like most avant-garde art, as an idiosyncratic form rather…
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For the Indian,dance is a personal form of prayer. When the Eagle Dancer puts on his costume,when he begins to…
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We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion…
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Art doesn't want to be familiar. It wants to astonish us. Or, in some cases, to enrage us. It wants…
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Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate…
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I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate…
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Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for…
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I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before…
— Glenn Beck
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab…
— Theodore Bikel
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We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.
— Julie Bishop
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And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves...…
— John Boehner
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as…
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson…
— Jackson Browne
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This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let…
— Art Buchwald
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I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'
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