You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.