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

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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