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

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 wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, and depriving them of any chance of doing anything beautiful or original.

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.

To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate my life.

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.

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