Oh Woman, come before us, before our eyes longing for beauty, and tired of the ugliness of civilization, come in simple tunics, letting us see the li….

It is the mission of all art to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man..

If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it.

Farewell my friends, I go to glory..

The artist is the only lover; he alone has the pure vision of beauty, and love is the vision of the soul when it is permitted to gaze upon immortal b….

I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows nothing of food, love or art..

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected g….

The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers ….

It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main character remains….

I have discovered the dance. I have discovered the art which has been lost for two thousand years.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet..

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at th….

No flower of art ever fully blossomed save it was nourished by tears of agony..

I wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, an….

My motto - sans limites..

All my lovers have been geniuses; it's the one thing that I insist..

There are joys so complete, so all perfect, that one should not survive them..

If I could explain, I wouldn't need to dance!.

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize ….

Man must speak, then sing, then dance. The speaking is the brain, the thinking man. The singing is the emotion. The dancing is the Dionysian ecstasy ….

If I could say it, I would not have to dance it..