Alvin Ailey Quotes & Sayings
21 most famous Alvin Ailey quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American dancer who passed away on 1 December, 1989.
“Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.”
“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.”
“One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.”
“Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.”
“I always want to have more dancers in my company.”
“Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.”
“One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.”
“The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.”
“Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.”
“It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.”
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