“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.”

“The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.”

“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.”

“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”

“Dance in the body you have.”

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