If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They read more

Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm But the harm does not interest them.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to read more

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator read more

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art read more

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.