I think of dance as a constant transformation of life itself.

- Merce Cunningham

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion.

- Merce Cunningham

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion, the steadfast and willing devotion to the labor that makes the classwork not a gymnastic ho…

- Merce Cunningham

Light or luminosity is created by the way elements are juxtaposed. They become reflective and a radiance comes from putting different things together.

- Merce Cunningham

There's no thinking involved in my choreography... I don't work through images or ideas. I work through the body... If the dancer dances, which is no…

- Merce Cunningham

The only way to do it is to do it.

- Merce Cunningham

You have to love dancing to stick to it.

- Merce Cunningham

I'm not expressing anything. I'm presenting people moving.

- Merce Cunningham

Dancing is a spiritual exercise in a physical form.

- Merce Cunningham