The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it’s with you all the time. – Alvin Ailey
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater. – Alvin Ailey
One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody. – Alvin Ailey
Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you’re not quite up to snuff. – Alvin Ailey
If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let’s face it. – Alvin Ailey
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. – Alvin Ailey
Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. – Alvin Ailey
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. – Alvin Ailey
Choreography is mentally draining, but there’s a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. – Alvin Ailey