I'm fifty years ahead of my time.

I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They'd be happier.

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

I learned...every part of the body; I would move each part as I memorized it. As a child, I would lie in the woods for hours, hiding and watching the animals move, how the mother taught the young.

The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control of your body.

Concentrate on the correct movement each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits. Correctly executed and mastered to the point of subconscious reaction, these exercises will reflect grace and balance in your routine activities.

It is the mind that shapes the body