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

I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.

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

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

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.

I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.