Ruth St. Denis Quotes

I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.

I have lived so long because in those moments when I am dancing, I am beyond time and space.

We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.

Right here where you and I stand, we shall behold a true and radiant world. In that world, we shall dance only our divine essence.

It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind.

I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.

As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love

I see the dance being used as a means of express what is too deep, too fine for words.

We should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in us.

The Gods have meant That I should dance And by the Gods I will!

It is not a question of who dances but of who or what does not dance.

We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that which is before us

Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe.

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

But in reality we are accompanied by the whole dancing universe.

I have the financial morals of a goldfish, I can resist everything but temptation.

How in the end can one possibly hold anyone responsible for our own underdeveloped visions, or undeveloped strength of character?