One can always lament, you know — but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the great tragedian should also be a great comedian.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

Pity is a corroding thing.