Dancing is my gift and my life... God gave me this gift to bring delight to others. I am haunted by the need to dance. It is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual. It is happiness.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator.

Play the last measure very softly.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Get my swan costume ready.

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