Alonzo King famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Everything in the phenomenal universe is straight line and circle. The horizon, our heads, arms, electrons, the oceans, planets and stars. Their principle function is to radiate. The task of the human being is also to radiate.
-- Alonzo King

#Stars #Ocean #Circles
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion,and humanity.
-- Alonzo King

#Honesty #Compassion #Dancing
Whatâ€™s interesting about you is you.
-- Alonzo King

#Interesting
Be IN it. Get drunk in the moment.
-- Alonzo King

#Drunk #Ballet #Moments
Art is a form of intelligence, it can be developed, it's linked to intuition and it's something that all humans have
-- Alonzo King

#Art #Intuition #Form
The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.
-- Alonzo King

#Art #Ballet #Humanity
The artistic path is a fearless occupation.
-- Alonzo King

#Fearless #Ballet #Occupation
The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your voice isn't present in a relationship, you don't matter.
-- Alonzo King

#Artist #Voice #People
My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol of the savior. She weaves tales not to save her own life, but to save humanity from its unending retributive response to injury.
-- Alonzo King

#Essence #Humanity #Injury
The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.
-- Alonzo King

#Art #Dope #Ballet
To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough.
-- Alonzo King

#Baby #Ballet #World
Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average
-- Alonzo King

#Average #Safety #Conformity

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