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

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

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

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.

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

Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.

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 and fifteen minutes. What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.