Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration, maybe more.

Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

I think that probably the moments of discovery do come from a place that is not totally organized. Order is something that we already know about. Discoveries are in a place we don't already know about.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.