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

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

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.

You invest into the future, and that's how young people become human in best sense of it - through the great experience of listening a Müller symphony or to see a great play by Tennessee Williams, experience something in a ballet, in a film.

I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.

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