“I believe that it is important for the artist, painter, poet, dancer, etc. to keep in mind that it is the art that drives the art world and not the other way around. Artists and other people of intelligence have the power to bring deeper content to our culture.” PeopleWorldWayMindBelieveArtImportantArtistCultureI BelievePoetDeeperPainterDancerEtcArt World Author:Thornton Willis
“Ego cannot bring anything extraordinary into the world; the extraordinary comes only through egolessness. And so is the case with the musician and the poet and the dancer. So is the case with everybody.” WorldCasesPoetEgoMusicianExtraordinaryDancer Author:Rajneesh
“When a poet writes a poem, meaning arises - because the poet is not alone; he has created something. When a dancer dances, meaning arises. When a mother gives birth to a child, meaning arises. Left alone, cut off from everything else, isolated like an island, you are meaningless. Joined together you are meaningful. The bigger the whole, the bigger is the meaning.” GivingWritingChildrenWholeMotivationalTogetherMotherLeftCuttingPoetBirthBiggerMeaningfulAriseIslandsDancerMeaninglessIsolatedNot AloneLeft Alone Author:Rajneesh
“When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of the poet, the priest and the medicine man.” MenPoetMusicianFundamentalsMedicineDetermineMissionsDancerPriestsSwingsExistentialFulfillingRequirements Book:The Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy Source: The Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy
“While the poet wrestles with the horses on his brain and the sculptor wounds his eyes on the hard spark of alabaster, the dancer battles the air around her, air that threatens at any moment to destroy her harmony or to open huge open empty spaces where her rhythm will be annihilated.” HardMomentsEyeSpaceBrainAirPoetHugeBattleEmptyHorseHarmonyWoundsRhythmHis EyesDancerSparksSculptorsEmpty Space Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“I try to, at least once or twice a week, have someone over and model, usually a dancer friend or a poet or someone to come over and just stay still for me. Depending on how exhibitionist they are, it will determine the finished work. And I say, "You're the muse; you come up with it. I'll draw you however you want."” WantTryingStillsWeekPoetModelsDrawsDetermineCome UpFinishedDancerMuseFinished WorkExhibitionist Author:Eric Drooker
“I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers, and you know the feather dancers would come, and they'd say, "What are you, a poet? You're next".” PeopleKnowsNextCryPoetBabyBeerPerformingDancerFeathersFestivalsLiftingCinco De Mayo Author:Sandra Cisneros
“"You're next, after the feather dancers." And you had to get their attention, because otherwise people would go, "Oh, a poet." You really have to learn.” PeopleNextAttentionPoetDancerFeathersWise People Author:Sandra Cisneros
“An artist makes something to be physically experienced by another person. It's a raw, freely chosen, interpersonal relationship between the maker and the viewer, so it's close to what a musical composer does, or a poet or a dancer. It is coming out of one's inner being.” ArtistPoetMusicalChosenDancerComposer Author:Philip Taaffe