Dance Improvisation Quotes

#1. I saw death come for you, and I had no philosophy.

Mary Renault

#2. Choosing not only the battle but also the timing is the best way to deal with what may occur.

Steven Redhead

#3. It is vital that the United States maintains open lines of communication with our allies. We must assure them of our commitment to eradicating global terrorism wherever it may reside or wherever it's given haven.

George Allen

#4. I am a hyphenated person, but I am not falling apart; I am putting together.

Guillermo Verdecchia

#5. Ardilies always says "If you're confident you're always totally different to the player that's lacking confidence"

Keith Burkinshaw

#6. Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.

Charles Caleb Colton

#7. -tomorrow is our permanent address
and there they'll scarcely find us(if they do,
we'll move away still further:into now

E. E. Cummings

#8. The secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence.

Carlos Gavito

#9. Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

#10. Prove - and an easy task it is - that so-called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments ...

Seneca.

#11. At that moment not a single sad thought entered my mind; I forgot my privation and felt soothed by the sight of the harbour, which lay there lovely and peaceful in the semi-darkness.

Knut Hamsun

#12. From the church I received a spiritual foundation that has kept me balanced. From the gospel music I learned the importance of singing with emotion- authentic emotion- not contrived- which has made my music endearing.

Oleta Adams

#13. Working out gives me the opportunity to let go and listen to my music; it's a big stress reliever.

Erin Heatherton

#14. Improvisation and new learning are not private processes; they are shared with others at every age. We are called to join in a dance whose steps must be learned along the way, so it is important to attend and respond. Even in uncertainty, we are responsible for our steps.

Mary Catherine Bateson

#15. The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

Ansel Adams

#16. This gardener will be out in the very early morning and from late afternoon, attentive to small changes in the quality of light and the atmosphere, as well as to every nuance of the season, which combine to create perfection.

Susan Hill