You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.

It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind.

I have performed for thousands when they found me exotic, the vogue, daring, but I have danced, at any given time, for about ten people... They were the ones that left the theater forever different from the way they were when they came in. All of my long, long life, I have danced for those ten.

You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.

When you are fifty, you're neither young nor old; you're just uninteresting. When you are sixty, and still dancing, you become something of a curiosity. And boy! if you hit seventy, and can still get a foot off the ground, you're phenomenal!