“Many times I hear the phrase "the dance of life". It is an expression that touches me deeply, for the instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived — the human body.”

“The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.”

Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English mathematician and philosopher

“It's better to dance than to march through life.”

Yoko Ono (1933) Japanese artist, author, and peace activist

“Without music and dance, life is a journey through a desert.”

Pat Conroy (1945–2016) American novelist

“Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the Creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing and then, it is the eternal dance of creation. The Creator and the creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing — until there is only … the dance.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

“I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, — through the world's history: I read the soul of the artist in his Apollo.”

Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright

“Knowledge of instrumentation should be acquired through experience. Instrumental composition should be conceived instrumentally, imagining and hearing a particular orchestra for each particular and diverse musical condition of the mind.”

Francesco Balilla Pratella (1880–1955) Italian composer

“To keep through life the posture of the grave,
While others walk and run and dance and leap.”

Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845–1907) English poet and translator

“Rhythmical music is that which is made by instruments which render the sound by touch.”

Johannes Tinctoris (1435–1511) Flemish composer

“Am I living in a way which is deeply satisfying to me, and which truly expresses me?”

Carl R. Rogers (1902–1987) American psychologist