I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interesting and interested.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

Take the time every day to teach and train yourself how to ask empowering questions. Those who ask the right questions change the world.

I realized that even big waves start with small ripples

How can one know anything at all about people?

A good teacher is someone who can help you to get back to a teacher within.

I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.

Artists never seem to get bored with life.

God laughs at men's plans.

I just try to play make-believe and pretend the world is magical and awesome as much as possible.

Laugh out, O stream, from your bed of green, / Where you lie in the sun's embrace; / And talk to the reeds that o'er you lean / To touch your dimpled face.

After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have standards.