Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.

Creativity requires quite a lot of faith - not just in yourself but also in the knowledge that you have the right to proceed, even when you may not know exactly what you're doing.

There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.

Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.