Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

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.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

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

One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.