I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see.

It is necessary for you to meditate and God will bless you abundantly

It’s going to be okay, Eric, " Urte said, helping me sit up. I shook my head. "Lying is my forte, Urte, not yours.” (Eric.)

The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.

Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.

Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.

Honour the difficult.

I am no more lonely than the loon on the pond that laughs so loud.

Nothing comes easy when I'm in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.

My work knocks people out; you've not seen the best of me yet.