No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

If my fall made you smile, you might not want to witness what's about to happen when I get up.

We may rifle the treasures of antiquity and make the heathen contribute to the gospel even as Hiram of Tyre served under Solomon's direction for the building of the Temple.

Is apathy not the nature of God?

Yes, I am an author. I have written some beautiful love stories and witnessed some ugly relationships.

As much as we strive towards the light, we still want to be embraced by the shadow.

The passion of vanity has its own depths in the spirit, and is powerfully militant.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

Love for children is the enormous untapped power that can wake us up to the profound changes we need to make if we’re to have a future worth living.

Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game.

I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!