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Artistic Director Inspirational Quotes (24)

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Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good, the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook better than I do, therefore, it's expensive.
Mark Morris
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Indeed, everything was a shock at the beginning. The wash machines, dryers, dishwashers, garbage disposal machines, juicers, toasters, and yes, the ATM machines. Watching money spilled out of a wall was simply amazing!
Li Cunxin
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We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, What is their work in the service of?
Bill T. Jones
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Some people only work to recorded music because it's so reliable and exactly the same every time, which is exactly why I don't.
Mark Morris
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Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking it teaches teamwork it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.
Bill T. Jones
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I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or read. It's a little bit of a ritual, and it's more enjoyable.
Mark Morris
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I have a fabulous life. It is interesting and rigorous. I work hard. So leave me alone. Watch my dust. Shut up.
Mark Morris
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I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four bars long while twenty other people are doing something dynamically. I like the charge that is set up by a lot of people doing something.
Mark Morris
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Usually that's going into biology in a certain way. There's certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I'm not against employing those nor am I against denying those, what I am looking for is a very large array of options.
Mark Morris
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Dance is fun! It lifts the spirit, stringthens the body, and stimulates the mind.
Wayne Sleep
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Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today.
Mark Morris
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This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.
Bill T. Jones
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When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.
Bill T. Jones
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There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going.
Mark Morris
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If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know.
Mark Morris
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Sure, I could give advice I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances.
Mark Morris
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I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want.
Mark Morris
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I have a beautiful, big bathtub.
Mark Morris
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I was one of two first cultural exchange artists been allowed to go to the West. I knew it was such a rare opportunity and I had to treasure it by giving my utter most to achieve excellence.
Li Cunxin
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As I have said before, dancing is for anyone, but not for everyone.
Mark Morris
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We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.
Bill T. Jones
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Every child dances, and then you learn not to.
Mark Morris
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Never give up. Don't let good ideas be buried with you. Breathe it. Dream it. Live it and relentlessly pursue your ideas and ideals. Without them you cannot achieve anything meaningful in life.
Li Cunxin
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Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.
Bill T. Jones