So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my career. Start something else that makes use of your creative ability because if you don't you will die inside as a person.
Interpretation
Engaging in creative pursuits beyond your main passion is essential for personal fulfillment.
Katherine Dunham emphasizes the importance of nurturing one's creativity in various forms, stating that focusing solely on one career or passion can lead to a lack of personal fulfillment. By encouraging individuals to explore other creative outlets, she suggests that such activities are vital for maintaining a vibrant and thriving inner self.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech at an art workshop.
The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.
If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.
I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'
I discover poetry when I was in elementary school and I was so fascinated by it. Because I realised if you get the right amount of syllables and the right amount of words, in the right rhyme scheme and you put it all together. You make words just bounce of a page.
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.
I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.
The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
The audience will find the artist who matches their interests. If you're not being true to yourself, your audience can't find you, because there's a wall up between who you are and who they're seeing.
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