Bill T. Jones Quotes

United States, Author
February 15, 1952

Bill T. Jones is an American choreographer, director, author and dancer. He is the co-founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Jones is Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, the company's home in Manhattan, whose activities encompass an annual presenting season together with allied education programming and services for artists.

Also known as Choreographer, Dancer, Director

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.

Bill T. Jones
- Thinking
- Art
- Abstract
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?"

Bill T. Jones
- Artist
- Vision
- Dancers

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.

Bill T. Jones
- Brain
- Body
- Movement
This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

Bill T. Jones
We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.

Bill T. Jones
- Marriage
- Right
- Citizens
Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.

Bill T. Jones
- Remember
- Forget
- Slavery
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.

Bill T. Jones
- Beauty
- Need
- Eternity