I want one word on my tombstone - dancer.

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.

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.

I satirize at all times, and my hyperboles are as nothing compared to the events to which they refer.

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

While Time, The endless idiot, runs screaming round the world.

The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.

Be a dynamo of irrepressible joy!

He looked at her uncomfortably; blinking, you know, like one not sure whether he was awake or asleep.

Life is not only knowing what you want but what you'll settle for.

When I was at Porto my team also played in the UEFA Cup final against a Scottish side - but it was Celtic. I've never seen such emotional people. It was unbelievable!

I live my memoirs, I don’t have to write them down.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing