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

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

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.

The unique must be fulfilled.

Discipline is 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.