I've got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don't think so much about it. Just make something interesting.

They are poets of gesture.

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.

The woman's function is to fascinate men.