Divinity of art, it's such a mystery. How to convince people that no matter how much money you can spend on education and art education especially, that it implants, it directs a young person for the rest of their lives, and always in the most humane and positive and dignified manner.

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.

I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back.

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.