Art – when it is really doing what it should do – teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

The brain (is) a reservoir of images, dreams, fears, associations, language. And its potential we can’t even begin to understand.
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Association Begin Dream Potential Understand
The body is a reservoir of all sorts of tensions and dark forces. And it’s also the potential source of amazing energy. This thing wants to live. It is a powerful engine.
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Dance Dream Potential Powerful Source
Movement begins to negotiate the distance between the brain and the body and it can be surprising what we learn about each other.
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About Body Brain Each Movement Other
This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.
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Art Ideas World
An artist should… bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, “What is their work in the service of?”
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Artist Bring Dancers Service Some World
Art – when it is really doing what it should do – teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.
BILL T. JONES

Abstract Art People Teamwork Thinking
Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.
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Memories Remember Slavery

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