The world of dance is a natural world from which civilization has divorced many of us by making it appear remote - something reserved for the few who have a special talent.

the first night is the worst possible time to make a hard and fast criticism: the baby never looks its best on the day it is born.

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

The world of dance is a charmed place. Some people like to inhabit it, others to behold it; either way it is rewarding.

...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.