Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Art is an investigation.

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

There's the tradition of the 19th-century ballets, and the 20th century has had a difficult time with that tradition. And it's had a difficult time with many components of the Romantic imagination because of modernism.

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound.

We don't need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself.

What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.

I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.