I danced from the moment I could stand.

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.

A life lived without forgiveness is a life lived in the past.

Live what you love and what you love will fill your life.

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

I hate my voice. I've never been comfortable singing.

But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently .

The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands.

I am willing to learn how to take good care of my body.

My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information.

We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.