It's better to dance than to march through life.

I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer.

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

I would prefer to be a satyr rather than a saint.

You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don't dance. So you might as well dance.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Our clothes make us different people. I would sooner be flesh and blood than silks and jewels,

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

It may be normal, darling: but I'd rather be natural.