I could never make a ballet by wrinkling my brow and concentrating. If you set out deliberately to make a masterpiece, how will you ever get it finished?

The woman's function is to fascinate men.

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.

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.

Dance is music made visible

What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.

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