Dance Quote by Merce Cunningham

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion, the steadfast and willing devotion to the labor that makes the classwork not a gymnastic…

— Merce Cunningham

Dancing is imperatively needed to give poise to the nerves, schooling to the emotions, strength to the will, and to harmonize the feelings and…

— G. Stanley Hall

One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.

— Siobhan Davies

I have always followed my passion to dance religiously. And that keeps me agile and youthful at heart.

— Hema Malini

Dance is a very disciplining career or hobby. I was disciplined at an early age.

— Teri Polo

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

— Twyla Tharp

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is…

— Agnes de Mille

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

— Payal Kadakia

To me, this acquirement of nervous, physical, and emotional concentration is the one element possessed to the highest degree by the truly great dancers…

— Martha Graham

Dance has always been the center of who I am. It has given me the inspiration to help other people find a hobby, passion,…

— Payal Kadakia

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

— Natalia Makarova

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov