I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

The more you know, the better you can imagine.

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

I walk into a large white room. It's a dance studio in midtown Manhattan. The room is clean, virtually spotless if you don’t count the thousands of skid marks and footprints left there by dancers rehearsing. Other than the mirrors, the boom box, the skid marks, and me, the room is empty.

dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.