8 Fred Astaire Quotes on Legacy

Fred Astaire quotes on legacy

6. There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer

17. He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time

18. When I was in the Soviet Union recently I was being interviewed by a newspaperman and he said, 'Which dancers influenced you the most?' and I said, 'Oh, well, Fred Astaire.' He looked very surprised and shocked and I said, 'What's the matter?' He said, 'Well, Mr. Balanchine just said the same thing.'

19. The history of dance on film begins with Astaire

25. For a guy who had retired ostensibly, your comeback represents the greatest event since Satchel Paige.

54. I once said that fifty years from now, the only one of today's dancers who will be remembered is Fred Astaire

59. I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire

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72. He's the greatest dancer who ever lived--greater than Nijinsky.