Aimé Césaire: Quotes about dance and ballet

Aimé Césaire was Martiniquais politician. Explore interesting quotes on dance.
Aimé Césaire: 20   quotes 4   likes

“Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear.”

Aimé Césaire

Source: Notebook of a Return to the Native Land

Life , Soul , Dance , Sea

“A man screaming is not a dancing bear. Life is not a spectacle.”

Aimé Césaire

Source: Notebook of a Return to the Native Land

Life , Dance

“Beware of assuming the sterile attitude of a spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of miseries is not a proscenium, a man screaming is not a dancing bear.”

Aimé Césaire

Source: Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (1939), p. 13

Sea , Life , Dance