Confidence is a trait that has to be earned honestly and refreshed constantly; you have to work as hard to protect your skills as you did to develop them. . . The one thing that creative souls around the world have in common is that they all have to practice to maintain their skills. Art is a vast democracy of habit.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

A commission is an invitation to fall in love.

Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.