Dancing of late years has been degraded to the narrow limits and low professionalism of mere mechanical proficiency, associated with the most frivolous... phases of the stage. But this day is fading...We are turning our gaze inward, learning to seek there the divine sources of the dance, to the end that it may flower into new and more glorious forms of beauty and wealth
Ruth St. DenisHow in the end can one possibly hold anyone responsible for our own underdeveloped visions, or undeveloped strength of character?
Ruth St. DenisI believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.
Ruth St. DenisWe should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in us.
Ruth St. Denis