"Dance in this century has remained primarily a personal ritual operating, like most avant-garde art, as an idiosyncratic form rather than a tribal expression of religious powers or a corporate expression of societal values."

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Source : Jamake Highwater (1992). “Dance: Rituals of Experience”, p.103, Oxford University Press, USA

Jamake Highwater

#Dance Quotes #Religious Quotes #Art Quotes

“If a lack of money had prevented people from improving their lot, then mankind would still be living in the caves: unless you believe that investment capital first arrived from outer space.”
“When you become confident with your inner-self, the outside's just going to fall into place.”
“If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But if not, gentlemen, God help your souls.”
“Heaven is satisfied curiosity.”
“I have no regrets, none whatsoever.”
“The desire of posthumous fame and the dread of posthumous reproach and execration are feelings from the influence of which scarcely any man is perfectly free, and which in many men are powerful and constant motives of action.”
“When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.”

Source : Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.208, Simon and Schuster
“Embarrassment is the greatest teacher, but since its lessons are exactly those we have tried hardest to conceal from ourselves, it may teach us, also, to perfect our self-deception.”

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