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 ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet.

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.

Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves

I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.

See the music, hear the dance.