I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.

I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.

I’m much stronger than most women. Consequently, when I work with men, or when I’m partnered by men... We can actually go into kinds of movement that haven’t been available before, simply because I’ve strengthened myself as a woman, not because I’ve weakened him.

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.

There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.