Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

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.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

Excavating miracles was his calling.

You can't live when you're afraid of daying.

I've seen this over and over again: people love it if you step up their experience. No one turns down an upgrade to business class in a plane.

Here's a tip: never get drunk while wearing a hooded sweatshirt. You will eventually think there's someone right behind you.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

Don't follow the path. Blaze the trail.

I certainly want to get back to the US to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida.

If you'll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.

France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.