Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.

When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.

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

No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.

Dance in the body you have.

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

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be.