I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

- Katherine Dunham

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

- Katherine Dunham

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

- Katherine Dunham

When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.

- Katherine Dunham

I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for s…

- Katherine Dunham

I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

- Katherine Dunham

There is an energy within... pure strength... the energy of the person which is put in different forms, in different shapes... once we discover that …

- Katherine Dunham

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out

- Katherine Dunham

You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.

- Katherine Dunham