
— Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist 1844 - 1900
Variante: Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?
Quelle: Twilight of the Idols
— Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist 1844 - 1900
— Balasaraswati Indian dancer 1918 - 1984
Rukmini Devi in Dance readings and musings Balasaraswati: Her Art and Life, 1 December 2013, Narthaki.com http://www.narthaki.com/info/bookrev/bkrev1a.html,
„I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.“
— E.E. Cummings American poet 1894 - 1962
Collected Poems (1938) New Poems 22
Variante: I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
— Friedrich Nietzsche, buch Also sprach Zarathustra
Variante: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Quelle: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
„And everything comes to One,
As we dance on, dance on, dance on.“
— Theodore Roethke, buch The Far Field
Once More, the Round," ll. 11-12
The Far Field (1964)
Kontext: p>And I dance with William Blake
For love, for Love's sake;And everything comes to One,
As we dance on, dance on, dance on.</p
— Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Ceylon-American art historian 1877 - 1947
By Ananda Coomaraswamy in Nataraja, 11 January 2014, SSCNET, UCLA http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Religions/Avatars/Natar.html,
„If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.“
— Iris Johansen Novelist 1938
Quelle: Countdown
— Bessie Love American actress (1898–1986) 1898 - 1986
On dancing in film, from [Leslie, Wilkinson, What Are They Doing Now? Part 14, Photoplay Film Monthly]
„or that writing a poem you can read to no one
is like dancing in the dark.“
— Ovid Roman poet -43 - 17 v.Chr
Quelle: The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters
— Sydney Carter British musician and poet 1915 - 2004
Written as an epitaph based upon his lyrics to "Lord of the Dance".
„Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.“
— Frank McCourt, buch Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes (1996)
„Autumn colors remind us we are all one dancing in the wind.“
— Lorin Morgan-Richards American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer 1975
Quote included in list https://www.simonandschuster.com/getliterary/our-favorite-literary-quotes-about-autumn/ "11 of Our Favorite Literary Quotes about Autumn” (23 September 2019).
„When you're dancing the mystical dance of the molecules, you're not the one who's leading.“
— Jane Wagner Playwright, actress 1935
"Trudy"
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985)
„When you're dancing the mystical dance of the molecules, you're not the one who's leading.“
— Lily Tomlin American actress, comedian, writer, and producer 1939
As "Trudy"
Contributions of Jane Wagner, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985)
„“Going to dance at my wake?”
“I don’t dance,” the lawyer answered, “but you tempt me to learn.”“
— Robert A. Heinlein, buch I Will Fear No Evil
Quelle: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 1, p. 13
— Sydney Carter British musician and poet 1915 - 2004
Lord of the Dance (1963)