“In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.” — Alvin Ailey Quote

“In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.”

“Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, but the dance speaks to everyone... Otherwise, it wouldn't work.”

“I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.”

“If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.”

“He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.”

“The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.”