Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

There are so few people who can really take hold of art and sort of eat and chew it up. Somehow it's got to be held special, sacred in a corner, and if you don't do the same thing with it, if you're not equally reverential, serious, and pompous about it, well, then you're not a great artist. Who needs that?