I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
Interpretation
Fred Astaire emphasizes the pure joy of dancing without the need for justification or expression.
In this quote, Fred Astaire shares his perspective on dancing as a simple and enjoyable activity rather than a form of self-expression or a competitive endeavor. His approach highlights the inherent joy and freedom found in movement, suggesting that one does not need to ascribe deeper meaning to an enjoyable experience.
In practice
Use this quote during a dance performance to highlight the purity of movement.
For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.
It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.
Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.
I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.
Either the camera will dance, or I will.
Photography doesn't teach you to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.
Perhaps creating something is nothing but an act of profound remembrance.
When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times.
When I write, I don't know what is going to emerge. I begin in a condition of complete unknowing, an utter nakedness of concept or goal. A word appears, another word appears, an image. It is a moving into mystery.
Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.
For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.
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