American Dancer Quotes

Fred Astaire

John Travolta

James Cagney

Betty Ford

Merce Cunningham

Gregory Hines

Natalia Makarova

Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

Each action taken in this world has its echo in the heart.

Gelsey Kirkland

Everything I do... comes out of tap dancing. When I take a European flight and fill out a landing card I put down tap dancer as my occupation.

So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.

Light or luminosity is created by the way elements are juxtaposed. They become reflective and a radiance comes from putting different things together.

Merce Cunningham

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as direct a language as does music.

Natalia Makarova

Jumps and turns aren't hard; artistry is. To create a whole new world for the audience, that's the fantasy of ballet.

Outside of my family, the prime concern of my life has been nature and its order, and how we have been savagely altering that order.

I wish I had your confidence... without your viewpoint.

We saw that amazing documentary 'Forks Over Knives' and that cleared everything up for us. Every Sunday we're going to the farmers market now, getting our fresh fruits and veggies. It's just two weeks, but we feel much better. I love animals. I don't want to eat them.

Carrie Ann Inaba

Are you a stingy breather? Well, don't be. Be extravagant with you breathing and come fully alive.

There is no such thing as freedom without discipline. The one who is free is disciplined.