All Alvin Ailey Quotes
Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.
Alvin Ailey
59% of people like this quote
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.
Alvin Ailey
58% of people like this quote
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
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57% of people like this quote
I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head.
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Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.
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56% of people like this quote
The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.
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54% of people like this quote
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
53% of people like this quote
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
Alvin Ailey
52% of people like this quote
Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.
Alvin Ailey
52% of people like this quote
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