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

God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.

I have two loves: my country and Paris.

I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.

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

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.