There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.

My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching.

The formal education that I received made little sense to me.

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.

Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them.

I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.

I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.