“It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. ”

“If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion”

“Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box”

“I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster.”

“A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things. ”

“When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.”

“Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak.”