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

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably and probably I am not. But go through your daily routine with hope you will be a little better in all respects, and do something meaningful

You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.

I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during the kind of conservatives of politics and real estate and business came, and then I am again kind of fighting for the justice to the city, to open the city for the artists.

I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.

Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.