I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
Interpretation
Fred Astaire emphasizes the pure joy of dancing without the need for justification or expression.
In this quote, Fred Astaire shares his perspective on dancing as a simple and enjoyable activity rather than a form of self-expression or a competitive endeavor. His approach highlights the inherent joy and freedom found in movement, suggesting that one does not need to ascribe deeper meaning to an enjoyable experience.
In practice
Use this quote during a dance performance to highlight the purity of movement.
For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.
It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.
Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.
I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.
Either the camera will dance, or I will.
Time broadens the scope of verses and I know of some which, like music, are everything for all men.
A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.
I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction there. When things go well in production, on opening there's no nicer feeling in the world-what could be nicer than watching an audience respond? You can't that from a book. It's a fine feeling to walk into the theater and see living people respond to something you've done.
It is a function of poetry to locate those zones inside us that would be free, and declare them so.
Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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