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Facts about Alvin Ailey
Summary
Alvin Ailey was a famous Dancer from USA, who lived between January 5, 1931 and December 1, 1989. He/she became 58 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful.
Our collection contains 21 quotes who is written / told by Alvin.
Related authors: Sanford I. Weill (Businessman)
21 Famous quotes by Alvin Ailey
"One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody"
"Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff"
"One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people"
"Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world"
"I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head"
"I always want to have more dancers in my company"
"Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people"
"Nothing personal; I just don't have people over"
"My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man"
"Money is a never-ending problem"
"It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater"
"If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it"
"Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music"
"In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort"
"Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to"
"My feelings about myself have been terrible"
"I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work"
"No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it's not enough"
"We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work"
"The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time"
