Igor Youskevitch quotes

Igor Youskevitch quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization.”
-- Igor Youskevitch

#Dance Quotes #Expression Quotes #Body Quotes

“The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.”
“The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.”

Source : Agnes De Mille (2015). “Dance to the Piper”, p.234, New York Review of Books
“Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance not only for their expression but also for the organization of people and forces to bring about the acceptance of the dissenter's claim....We have alternatives to violence.”
“Words are changing. I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn't been born yet. It's difficult.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.”
“I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.”
“Wisdom is to the soul as food is to the body.”
“I'm a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts â€” that's not what I think of as sexy.”

Source : "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". Book by Adrienne Barbeau, 2006.
“Dance in the body you have.”
“Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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