The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.

Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

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's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.