Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.

Dancing: The Highest Intelligence in the Freest Body.

I intend to work for this dance of the future. I do not know whether I have the necessary qualities; I may have neither genius nor talent nor temperament. But I know that I have a Will; and will and energy sometimes prove greater than either genius or talent or temperament.

The Dance - it is the rhythm of all that dies in order to live again; it is the eternal rising of the sun.

No composer has yet caught this rhythm of America - it is too mighty for the ears of most.

For I was never able to understand, then or later on, why, if one wanted to do a thing, one should not do it. For I have never waited to do as I wished. This has frequently brought me to disaster and calamity, but at least I have had the the satisfaction of getting my own way.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.