Get my swan costume ready.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

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.

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

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

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

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