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I am trying to show the world...

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.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

I wanted to explore black cult...

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

To be who you are and become w...

To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Making dances is an act of pro...

Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

If you live in the elite world...

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Money is a never-ending proble...

Money is a never-ending problem.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Lena Horne is the sweetest and...

Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

My lasting impression of Truma...

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Racism tears down your insides...

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

One of the worst things about ...

One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

DeFrantz's study...is not the ...

DeFrantz's study...is not the first book about the protean Ailey, who was born in hardscrabble Texas in 1931 and died in 1989 after creating close to 80 works. But it is perhaps the most comprehensive, combining biography, criticism, the analysis of dance criticism, and a sort of corporate history, siting the now firmly established Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in the international cultural landscape.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

My feelings about myself have ...

My feelings about myself have been terrible.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Sometimes you feel bad about y...

Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

But the dance speaks to everyo...

But the dance speaks to everyone. Otherwise it wouldn't work.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Everything in dancing is style...

Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

My dancers must be able to do ...

My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don't care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want to help show my people how beautiful they are. I want to hold up the mirror to my audience that says this is the way people can be, this is how open people can be.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

No matter what you write or ch...

No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it is not enough.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Its roots are in American Negr...

Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks to everyone. ... Otherwise it wouldn't work.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

Born To Be Alive....

Born To Be Alive.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

All of these dancers are dance...

All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to hone their artistry and make the transition from the classroom to the stage.

Alvin Ailey 51 quotes

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