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

I’m really alive when I’m on stage.

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

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.

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

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