The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.

The art of Mime encompasses all the feelings of the soul. The Dance, on the other hand, is essentially an expression of joy, a desire to follow the rhythms of the music.

It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.

The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.

The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.

It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable laws of Nature.

Joy is a strength; intoxication, a weakness.

The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire

I still wonder what made him leave. Were they my demons or his own?

The shock of public hostility served as a stimulant. It made them acutely conscious of how society functioned.

The Lord chose to give me back my life, not because I deserved it, but because he had work for me to do.

Tis the last rose of summer. Left blooming alone.

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French.

Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live?

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.

The India-Nepal border should not be a barrier but a bridge which helps bring prosperity to both sides.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.