The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, …

- Ruth St. Denis

I have lived so long because in those moments when I am dancing, I am beyond time and space.

- Ruth St. Denis

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

- Ruth St. Denis

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

- Ruth St. Denis

We should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in us.

- Ruth St. Denis

It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind.

- Ruth St. Denis

I see the dance being used as a means of express what is too deep, too fine for words.

- Ruth St. Denis

Right here where you and I stand, we shall behold a true and radiant world. In that world, we shall dance only our divine essence.

- Ruth St. Denis

Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies …

- Ruth St. Denis