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.

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.

Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.

We do not need to attend classroom training programs for everything, our observation opens the windows of knowledge around us.

Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I felt as if nature was in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee.

I think I've had a very privileged life.

The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens.

I look upon air-power for destruction as a terrible crime against humanity.

Well, I bought a ticket to the circus. I don't know why I was surprised to see elephants.

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

Security is when I'm very much in love with somebody extraordinary who loves me back.