Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
The body says what words cannot.
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man – the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open...
Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for – liberation.
Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.
I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.
There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it...
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.