Judith Jamison's Quotes

Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.

Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that. You're dancing spirit.

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.

I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

Concert dance is the hardest kind of dance. We tour constantly, around the world, year in and year out. It just doesn't work for everybody. It's the lifestyle, it's the stamina, it's the love, it's the dedication, it's the commitment, it's all those words.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?