The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.

Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.

Discipline is liberation.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

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.