Alvin Ailey Quotes

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

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

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.

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

I always want to have more dancers in my company.

We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.

I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head.