Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

The woman's function is to fascinate men.

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

My muse must come to me on union time.

The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft.

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