One thing I learned from his holiness the Dali Lama is the importance of humor.

I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

But what is art other than revealing human nature?

I hate repetition. Even when I am home and have to buy milk, I go a different way each time to avoid having a habit of anything. Habits are really bad. So to me it is really important to live in what I call the spaces in-between. Bus stations, trains, taxis or waiting rooms in airports are the best places because you are open to destiny, you are open to everything and anything can happen.

You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.