It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
Interpretation
Creation and mastery require patience and dedication.
This quote by Fred Astaire emphasizes the importance of taking the necessary time and effort to achieve mastery in any art form, particularly in dance. It suggests that creating something truly remarkable and memorable is a process that cannot be rushed, and it highlights the value of patience and practice in achieving excellence.
In practice
During an inspirational speech about the arts at a school, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of practice and patience.
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.
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 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.
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.
Interesting thing, these fellows never seem to get the idea of perspective-' The Bursar thought, or received the thought: that's because perspective is a lie. If I know a pond is round then why should I draw it oval? I will draw it round because round is true. Why should my brush lie to you just because my eye lies to me?
Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it.
Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
I thought as an actress I would be able to have broader emotional experiences, but then I quickly figured out that I wanted to think about tragic dramas, not act in them.
No writer has a right to make that much money. Indeed, without diabolical assistance, no writer can.
My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.
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