I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

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

I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

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

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.