We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should. … - Bill T. Jones

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I just try to eat things in moderation and find exercise that I enjoy, because I'm not a gym person. I cannot go to the gym and run on the treadmill and do weights for two hours. It's the most boring thing in the world for me, so I found martial arts.

Bill T. Jones

We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should. . . bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"

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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.

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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. 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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This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

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When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.

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Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.

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