Merce Cunningham The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion. – Merce CunninghamThemes: devotion, discipline | Art form: Modern danceMore quotes by Merce CunninghamThere are no fixed points in space.I think of dance as a constant transformation of life itself.I'm not expressing anything. I'm presenting people moving.Dance is an art in space and time. The object of the dancer is to obliterate that.Dancing is a spiritual exercise in a physical form.All quotes by Merce Cunningham →Find more quotesChoose a person…Agnes de MilleAlexander PopeAlexander PushkinAlvin AileyAnna PavlovaAntonio PappanoArturo ToscaniniAuguste BournonvilleBill T. JonesBirgit NilssonCarla FracciCarlo BergonziCecilia BartoliCharles BaudelaireCharles SchulzClaudio AbbadoD. H. LawrenceDaniel BarenboimDoris HumphreyEcclesiastesEdwin DenbyEnrico CarusoErik BruhnFrancis BaconFranco ZeffirelliFrank ThiessFred AstaireFriedrich NietzscheGene KellyGeorg SoltiGeorge BalanchineGeorge Bernard ShawGeorge BorodinGinger RogersGiorgio StrehlerGiuseppe VerdiGustav MahlerHerbert von KarajanHeywood BrounHugo von HofmannsthalIgor MoiseyevIsadora DuncanJane AustenJanet BakerJean DubuffetJerome RobbinsJoan SutherlandJohn DrydenJohn MiltonJonas KaufmannJosé LimónJosephine BakerJoyce DiDonatoJudith JamisonKiri Te KanawaKurt VonnegutLa MeriLalo SchifrinLauren CuthbertsonLeonard BernsteinLeontyne PriceLouise BrooksLuciano PavarottiMarcia HaydéeMargaret AtwoodMargot FonteynMaria CallasMarianela NuñezMark MorrisMartha GrahamMary WigmanMata HariMatthew BourneMaya AngelouMaya PlisetskayaMerce CunninghamMikhail BaryshnikovMirella FreniMisty CopelandNatalia MakarovaNinette de ValoisOscar WildePatrice ChéreauPaul ValéryPeter SellarsPina BauschPlácido DomingoPlatoRenata TebaldiRenée FlemingRiccardo MutiRichard BonyngeRichard StraussRudolf NureyevRuth St DenisSamuel BeckettSperanza ScappucciSuzanne FarrellSylvie GuillemTed ShawnThéophile GautierThoinot ArbeauThomas BeechamTwyla TharpVaslav NijinskyVicki BaumVoltaireWayne McGregorWendy WhelanWilliam ShakespeareWolfgang Amadeus MozartGo