The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.

The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable laws of Nature.

The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire

The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.

The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.

The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.

Joy is a strength; intoxication, a weakness.