Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.

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.

To truly learn from someone or something, one must first learn to love them.

Anyone in a state of seeking can never be happy. Only those who are constantly finding are fulfilled. And finding is not something that happens to us - it is something we do.

For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.

Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.

Opportunity is often dressed up in work clothes.

Always think twice before asking anything of anyone that ends in the words, on your face.

There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Never put lettering in your photos unless you want it read.

People who believe I'm an idiot don't hire me and they don't call.