God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

I had a dream about you last night... you sat in a cardboard box and said you were a tree.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

I find that the more I do the more ability the Almighty gives me.

When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

He's got a ring, so I'm taking home the trophy.

It used to be that we imagined that our mobile phones would be for us to talk to each other. Now, our mobile phones are there to talk to us.

The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group.