A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.

The world is very lovely, and it's very horrible--and it doesn't care about your life or mine or anything else.

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

He who faces no calamity gains no courage.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.

all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named.

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.