It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the chain of beauty, as a useful ornament for the stage, and this, in turn, as an important element in the spiritual development of nations.

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

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.

It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

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.