This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of the earth, that they might witness their own wretchedness.

Quote by Angela Carter

Topics: Dancing Quotes

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct...

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct...

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of nationality,...

There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of nationality,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...