I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.
Suzanne Farrell

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.
Suzanne Farrell

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.
Suzanne Farrell

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.
Suzanne Farrell

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.
Suzanne Farrell

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You haven't lived in the moment that you are really living, you are wishing you were somewhere else.
Suzanne Farrell

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.
Suzanne Farrell

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time.
Suzanne Farrell