I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

I have never really been a great artist. I have been a human being that has loved art, which is not the same thing. But I have loved and believed in art and the idea of universal brotherhood so much, that I have put everything I have into them, and I have been blessed.

I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.