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.

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

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

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

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