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Jamake Highwater Quotes

White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person’s inarticulate body were centuries of condemnation of dancing on religious grounds Picture Quote #1

Among the language of the American Indians, there is no word for ‘art’... For Indians, everything is art... therefore needs no name Picture Quote #1

We’ve reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My basic viewpoint is that without art we’re alone Picture Quote #1

We’ve reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My basic viewpoint is that without art we’re alone Picture Quote #1

At the root of all the various manifestations of dancing lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states which we cannot externalize by rational means Picture Quote #1

Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation Picture Quote #1

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The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery... peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine of their life, and to meet their future wives and husbands Picture Quote #1

We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion is a social contrivance, that, like virtually every public construct, is a legacy of a primordial and tribal mentality Picture Quote #1

Art doesn’t want to be familiar. It wants to astonish us. Or, in some cases, to enrage us. It wants to move us. To touch us. Not accommodate us, make us comfortable Picture Quote #1

Art is a staple of mankind... So urgent, so utterly linked with the pulse of feeling that it becomes the singular sign of life when every other aspect of civilization fails Picture Quote #1

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White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person’s inarticulate body were centuries of condemnation of dancing on religious grounds (Jamake Highwater Quotes) Among the language of the American Indians, there is no word for ‘art’... For Indians, everything is art... therefore needs no name (Jamake Highwater Quotes) We’ve reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My basic viewpoint is that without art we’re alone. (Jamake Highwater Quotes) We’ve reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My basic viewpoint is that without art we’re alone (Jamake Highwater Quotes) At the root of all the various manifestations of dancing lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states which we cannot externalize by rational means (Jamake Highwater Quotes) Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation (Jamake Highwater Quotes) The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery... peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine of their life, and to meet their future wives and husbands (Jamake Highwater Quotes) We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion is a social contrivance, that, like virtually every public construct, is a legacy of a primordial and tribal mentality (Jamake Highwater Quotes) Art doesn’t want to be familiar. It wants to astonish us. Or, in some cases, to enrage us. It wants to move us. To touch us. Not accommodate us, make us comfortable (Jamake Highwater Quotes) Art is a staple of mankind... So urgent, so utterly linked with the pulse of feeling that it becomes the singular sign of life when every other aspect of civilization fails (Jamake Highwater Quotes)