The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.

I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted.

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.

The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.

People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

You can read ten books and finally come across one detail, and it's like, "now everything else makes sense. Now I know where I am."

The Atlantic Ocean was something then.