I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.

- Ruth St. Denis

I have lived so long because in those moments when I am dancing, I am beyond time and space.

- Ruth St. Denis

I see the dance being used as a means of express what is too deep, too fine for words.

- Ruth St. Denis

We should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in us.

- Ruth St. Denis

Right here where you and I stand, we shall behold a true and radiant world. In that world, we shall dance only our divine essence.

- Ruth St. Denis

The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, …

- Ruth St. Denis

It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind.

- Ruth St. Denis

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

- Ruth St. Denis

Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies …

- Ruth St. Denis