Bill T. Jones Quotes

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.

Movement begins to negotiate the distance between the brain and the body and it can be surprising what we learn about each other.

An artist should… bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, “What is their work in the service of?”

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.

The brain (is) a reservoir of images, dreams, fears, associations, language. And its potential we can’t even begin to understand.