The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

It is difficult to see the great dance effects as they happen, to see them accurately, catch them fast in memory. It is even more difficult to verbalize them for critical discussion. The particular essence of a performance, its human sweep of articulate rhythm in space and in time has no specific terminology to describe it by.

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

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.

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

Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.