People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.

I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people. In the '90s, it became kind of a hard and unwelcoming city in many ways. It became conservative, like the whole country.

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.

I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.

I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise.

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.