It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.

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

It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.

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

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.

Joy is a strength; intoxication, a weakness.

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