Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average

- Alonzo King

Art is the inheritance of every individual, it activates evolutionary growth, it is an intellectual virtue, and the fostering principle for all that …

- Alonzo King

To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough.

- Alonzo King

My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol of …

- Alonzo King

The artistic path is a fearless occupation.

- Alonzo King

Be IN it. Get drunk in the moment.

- Alonzo King

Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are t…

- Alonzo King

The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your voice is…

- Alonzo King

So many dancers feel that what they look like is more important than who they are. This is a real danger for dancers who focus for years on appearan…

- Alonzo King