If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.

Get my swan costume ready.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.