Author: Alvin Ailey

Quotes

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

- Alvin Ailey

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

- Alvin Ailey

We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.

We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.

- Alvin Ailey

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

- Alvin Ailey

Money is a never-ending problem.

Money is a never-ending problem.

- Alvin Ailey

In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.

In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.

- 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.

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.

- Alvin Ailey

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