Farewell my friends, I go to glory.

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

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.

I was born by the sea, and I have noticed that all the great events of my life have taken place by the sea. My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves.

A dancer, if she is great, can give to the people something that they can carry with them forever. They can never forget it, and it has changed them, though they may never know it.

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever.