The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

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"Dance for me a minute, and I’ll tell you who you are."

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self-awareness

"Dancers are made, not born."

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Personal Growth

"There comes a moment in a young artist’s life when he know she has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something."

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Personal Growth

"The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep."

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Creativity

"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business."

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Ambition

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"Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance."

- Anne Lamott

Joy

"Tuesdays are for chasing rainbows and dancing in the rain."

Joy

"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness."

Joy

"Taste and see how good the Lord is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!"

Joy

"The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays."

- W. C. Jones

Joy