Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But I don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.

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

Music must be seen, and dance must be heard

One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil. One may be able to acquire a certain technical facility, but no one can ever 'acquire an exceptional talent.' I have never prided myself on having an unusually gifted pupil. A Pavlova is no one's pupil but God's.

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.

I have no literary approach - except to literature.