"I am a cloud - in trousers."

-- George Balanchine

#Dance Quotes #Clouds Quotes

“There are no men more careful of the use of means than those that are surest of a good issue and conclusion, for the one stirs up diligence in the other. Assurance of the end stirs up diligence in the means. For the soul of a believing Christian knows that God has decreed both.”
“Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.”
“I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies”
“I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe.”

Source : Richard Pousette-Dart, Judith Higgins, Paul Kruty (1986). “Transcending Abstraction: Richard Pousette-Dart, Paintings 1939-1985”
“If you think we'll get in, we'll get in. It's all about confidence, trust me.”
“Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was Bent, which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of The Rocky Horror Show, with Richard OBrien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.”
“I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don't function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I'm even ready to write.”
“I'm not that complicated, Haven. The truth is, I've wanted you ever since I met you in that damned wine cellar. Because I got a bigger charge out of that five minutes than I have with any woman before or since...”

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