52 Quotes by Mark Morris

A recording of a performance is a recording of a performance. It's not the performance.

It never occurred to me that I'd have a dance company.

Some people only work to recorded music because it's so reliable and exactly the same every time, which is exactly why I don't.

The one reason people don't take dance seriously is because a lot of choreographers don't take dance seriously.

I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful.

I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want.

I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience.

Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today.

'Elitist' doesn't need to mean wealthy and conservative; it can also mean specialised and rarefied, and that's no bad thing.