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 or weary.

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.

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 jiggling in a kind of self-hypnosis and dancing with others only to remind themselves that we are not completely alone in this world.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

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

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

To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.