great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions. Tolstoi's scripts are almost indecipherable. Emily Dickinson ….

I had had to learn the difference between the bearable fatigue and the unbearable, the fatigue of fear. The first can be cured by a night's sleep; th….

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….

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion..

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

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….

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

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….

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head..

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….

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

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

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..

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be..

Dance in the body you have..

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians..

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible.

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..

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times..

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

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….