We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.

I've relaxed my feelings about other companies performing my works. I have never in principle been against my ballets being danced by other companies. Rather, it is that we lack the time, space and money to insure that they are done well. To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

The unique must be fulfilled.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.