Dance Quote by Judith Jamison

I'm very smart when it comes to choosing dancers and trying to show the world that there's a whole lot of dancing going on.

— Judith Jamison

I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance

— Judith Jamison

At 10, I could walk down the street and see over everybody's head. I don't remember being little or having to look up at…

— Judith Jamison

It's called the Ailey American Dance Theatre, not the Alvin Ailey African-American Dance Theatre. One thing also that Alvin wanted people to recognize, he…

— Judith Jamison

You wake up white, and you think about certain things every day. You wake up black, and you think about certain things. You wake…

— Judith Jamison

As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the…

— Judith Jamison

Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her enthusiasm for…

— Judith Jamison

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

— Judith Jamison

I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of…

— Judith Jamison

People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They…

— Judith Jamison

It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride…

— Judith Jamison

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

— Judith Jamison