What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

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

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.

I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.

I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything.

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.