Art is an investigation.

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

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

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

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

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.

Love is where leadership begins.

We are trained to be employees, but no one said that we have endure a limited salary that barely keeps pace with inflation.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one.

The companies are multinational--why should labor still stick to borders?

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]

There's a lot about discovering who you are and how difficult that is. And it never stops.

I can feel what you’re feeling now — and you are worth it.

You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine.