Mark Morris quotes

As I have said before, dancing is for anyone, but not for everyone. (Mark Morris)
No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself somewhere. View quote
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Sunday is a day of rest. View quote
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If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know. View quote
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The one reason people don't take dance seriously is because a lot of choreographers don't take dance seriously. View quote
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I have a beautiful, big bathtub. View quote
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I can read music, but I have no technique, and singing was never an option even though I sang a lot growing up. View quote
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Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances. View quote
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Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today. View quote
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I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four bars long while twenty other people are doing something dynamically. I like the charge that is set up by a lot of people doing something. View quote
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There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going. (Mark Morris)
Every child dances, and then you learn not to. View quote
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Disney is thrilling and informative and important and beautiful and suspect. Butts was a detail I observed later and definitely ties in. I suppose I was programmed, yeah. View quote
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The goal of Sunday is to leave my home as little as possible. View quote
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Some people only work to recorded music because it's so reliable and exactly the same every time, which is exactly why I don't. View quote
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I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or read. It's a little bit of a ritual, and it's more enjoyable. View quote
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I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful. View quote
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Usually that's going into biology in a certain way. There's certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I'm not against employing those nor am I against denying those, what I am looking for is a very large array of options. View quote
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Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good; the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook better than I do, therefore, it's expensive. View quote
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I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want. View quote
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I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience. (Mark Morris)

Mark Morris

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Photo: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Dancer
Born: August 29, 1956
Quotes count: 21
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