What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without? We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the world, we have kitchens with the most gimmicks, we have houses with every possible electrical gadget to save ourselves all kinds of trouble - all so that we can have leisure. Leisure, leisure, leisure! So that we don't go mad in the leisure, we have color TV. So that there will never, never, be a moment of silence, we have radio and Muzak. We can't stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

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

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

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

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.