Alvin Ailey Quotes

I always want more... view

By: Alvin Ailey

Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to... view

By: Alvin Ailey

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off.. view

By: Alvin Ailey

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff... view

By: Alvin Ailey

One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people... view

By: Alvin Ailey

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody... view

By: Alvin Ailey

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music... view

By: Alvin Ailey

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people... view

By: Alvin Ailey

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work... view

By: Alvin Ailey

I always want to have more dancers in my company... view

By: Alvin Ailey

I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head... view

By: Alvin Ailey

In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort... view

By: Alvin Ailey

It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater... view

By: Alvin Ailey

Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world... view

By: Alvin Ailey

Money is a never-ending problem... view

By: Alvin Ailey

We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work... view

By: Alvin Ailey

My feelings about myself have been terrible... view

By: Alvin Ailey

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man... view

By: Alvin Ailey

No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it's not enough... view

By: Alvin Ailey

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it... view

By: Alvin Ailey

Nothing personal.. view

By: Alvin Ailey