Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.

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.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.

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

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.

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