One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.

I love performing. I shall perform until the day I die.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

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

I have two loves: my country and Paris.

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

Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.