Just when you arrive at the apex of your skills, it's time to retire. But as it turned out, I decided that since it was the thing that I felt I did best, I owed it to all that be to pursue it.

The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.

I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.

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'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.

While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative....the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.

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