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