Famous quotes by Dancers

Small: Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degre
Twyla Tharp
"Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: Im not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesnt
Twyla Tharp
"I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. Thats a great gift
Twyla Tharp
"I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesnt mea
Twyla Tharp
"I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts
Twyla Tharp
"The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had tha
Twyla Tharp
"In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as
Twyla Tharp
"In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was
Twyla Tharp
"I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
Small: You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. Its a Catch-22 kind of thi
"You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, youre thinking about what yo
"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 my case, dancing"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business
"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made
Ted Shawn
"Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made"
Ted Shawn, Dancer
Small: I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things
Ted Shawn
"I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things"
Ted Shawn, Dancer
Small: The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an
"The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancers work is
"I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full Im waiting in line like everybody else
"I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: Working is living to me
"Working is living to me"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: To walk across the street is a risk
"To walk across the street is a risk"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: People of art should never get married and have children, because its a selfish experience
"People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: Its weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being
"It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I dont hang out usually in the big Russian communit
"I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: Dancing is my obsession. My life
"Dancing is my obsession. My life"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for y
"I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. Its great. If you start somebodys career, its so e
"I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compr
"I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise,
"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: Its whats left in life, to work with interesting people
"It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you
"I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
Small: I want to do exactly what I want to do. Id rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant
"I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer