The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.
My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know. 
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. 
To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea. 
No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth. 
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. 
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking 
Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies. 
Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming. 
Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion. 
Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down ... and kissed him. And the world cracked open. 
Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out. 
Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible 
If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians. 
Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion. 
The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. 