Ballet is only good when it is great.

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do.

Style consists in maintaining a convincing reality all through a piece. It's like wearing a garment that looks as if it might have been made for you even if it wasn't.

Why are men impersonating women funny while women impersonating men are not? It is a matter of gravity. A heavy thing trying to become lighter is automatically funnier than a light thing trying to become heavy.

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.

Ballet is only good when it is great.