I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body; women, for example - out of the prison of corsets.

I do not teach children, I give them joy.

The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche.

The dancer will not belong to a nation but to all humanity.

The Dance of the Future will have to become again a high religious art as it was with the Greeks. For art which is not religious is not art, it is mere merchandise

I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows nothing of food, love or art.

Movements are as eloquent as words.