To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking..

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor o….

When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond t….

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible.

But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises. In the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque bec….

I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface….

Living is a form of not being sure, not know what next or how... The artists never entirely knows..

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie..

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion..

Dance in the body you have..

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion..

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out..

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows….

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently..

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate..

We can't stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves..

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know..

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times..

I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping..

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot of isolated individuals jiggl….

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend..