As long as my ballets are danced, I will live.

There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.

We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.

When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss class for three days, the audience knows it.

The only critic is a full house.

You live as long as you dance.

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.