I learned to love dance for its own sake.

Quote by Suzanne Farrell

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I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

Either dance well or quit the ballroom.

Either dance well or quit the ballroom.

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

If there were a ritual dance of the androgyne, Tai chi as performed by this...

If there were a ritual dance of the androgyne, Tai chi as performed by this...