I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

Misery is a communicable disease.

I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

I believe that dance was the first art. A philosopher has said that dance and architecture were the first arts. I believe that dance was first because it's gesture, it's communication. That doesn't mean it's telling a story, but it means it's communicating a feeling, a sensation to people.