Get my swan costume ready.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

It is by the steady elimination of everything which is ugly - thoughts and words no less than tangible objects - and by the substitution of things of true and lasting beauty that the whole progress of humanity proceeds.

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

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.