Rajneesh Quotes

I think of action as a dance. It's a riddle; it should have emotion in it.

Dancing doesn't have a language.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

I believe dance is a manifestation and celebration of the tenacity of the human spirit.

The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really.

Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't translate feeling because they're not part of it. That's why it bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem. It's not. It's feeling.

A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.

I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Over the years, I've tried to express myself through my feet, which have made everything simpler for me ever since I was a child.

I love dancing, and I dance for my own happiness.

Dancing is one of the best ways of expressing yourself, and I definitely use it to release emotion.

When you're dancing and stuff like that, that's a way of life.

I was always interested in choreography - in making people think and feel something.

Dance is a great way to express yourself.

Growing up as a little, introverted boy, dance was the only way I could communicate. For me, it's the greatest language - no words. Sharing people's stories through the art of movement is magical.

Dance was something that came to me before I could even walk or talk.

I wouldn't call what I do 'dance.'

I love physical movement. Dance was my favorite thing, and I was a gymnast. I find that expression through movement is easier, in some ways, than expression through words.

The dance is the highest symbol of life itself.

I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words.

"Dance," said the Sheep Man. "Yougottadance. Aslongasthemusicplays. Yougotta dance. Don'teventhinkwhy. Starttothink, yourfeetstop. Yourfeetstop, wegetstuck. Wegetstuck, you'restuck. Sodon'tpayanymind, nomatterhowdumb. Yougottakeepthestep. Yougottalimberup. Yougottaloosenwhatyoubolteddown. Yougottauseallyougot. Weknowyou're tired, tiredandscared. Happenstoeveryone, okay? Justdon'tletyourfeetstop."