The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

The light radiates from a divine soul.

Negative thinking will not produce positive changes - ever.

I stood there in the doorway before you saw me and I watched you, ' he said.'And I watched the other girls. And they all looked as though their faces came out of one mold. Yours didn’t.

Yet Conscience is a nobleman, the best in us, and a friend.

I'm not a fan of anybody music who I feel like a sucka. I don't listen to you. They play you in the club, you can have the #1 jam, but if I know your character, how can I listen to your music?

Despite popular belief, hitting someone with a closed fist actually hurts the hitter almost as much as the hittee.

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage

You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons.

I'm very interested in variations.

My favorite color right now is purple, but it used to be pink. It's kind of always going to be pink.