I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover - the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.

I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.

There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.

There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.

The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.