I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance. Suzanne Farrell More Quotes by Suzanne Farrell More Quotes From Suzanne Farrell You're never more of an individual than when you're a happy team player. Suzanne Farrell balletteamplayer I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went up I could be whoever I wanted to be, and that was true freedom - to be myself. Suzanne Farrell humdrumcurtainsstage Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. Not technical things so much-getting your leg higher or doing more turns but things that would set you apart from other dancers. The only way you can be different is to be yourself if you don't find your spirit and reveal it, you just look like every other dancer. Suzanne Farrell being-yourselfballetdance The arts are the hospitals for our souls. Suzanne Farrell hospitalssoulart I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best I could be. Out of this discipline came great freedom and calm. Suzanne Farrell dancerdisciplinegoal On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life. Suzanne Farrell ballet-classhandsthinking When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world. Suzanne Farrell realwayworld You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time. Suzanne Farrell trial-and-errorerrorsgiving When you are on stage in front of an audience, you want to engage the entire crowd. If a thousand people are in the theater, you need to dance a thousand different ways, not one-thousandth of a way. Suzanne Farrell balletdifferentpeople As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate. Suzanne Farrell vibrateballetdance When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across. Suzanne Farrell balletlighteye Although we do come from a silent profession, it is important for us to verbalize what we want to say. (As I tell my students): you could love someone all your life, but if you never say it how are they going to know? There comes a point when you have to say what you mean, which makes you scream louder when you dance. Suzanne Farrell balletdancemean After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music. Suzanne Farrell dancingdancebeautiful I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina. Suzanne Farrell balletdancethinking Eating a healthy diet is not just about eating a few special foods. There's a bigger picture. You need to practice moderation, eat a variety of foods, and get enough physical activity. Suzanne Farrell healthypracticespecial That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing. Suzanne Farrell opportunitypeoplecommitment Treat each class as if it were your first. Suzanne Farrell balletclassfirsts It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You haven't lived in the moment that you are really living, you are wishing you were somewhere else. Suzanne Farrell ungratefulwishsomewhere-else I was very much of a tomboy. Suzanne Farrell But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around. Suzanne Farrell motivationalfactsmoving
