Fred Astaire

"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

- Fred Astaire

"Dancing is a sweat job."

- Fred Astaire

"The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style."

- Fred Astaire

"The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any."

- Fred Astaire

"I have no desire to prove anything by dancing…I just dance."

- Fred Astaire

"Do it big, do it right, and do it with style."

- Fred Astaire

"Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained."

- Fred Astaire

"This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn’t want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable."

- Fred Astaire

"If the dance is right, there shouldn’t be a single superfluous movement."

- Fred Astaire