My Muse Must Come To Me On

We Must First Realize That Dancing Is An Absolutely Independent Art, Not Merely A Secondary Accompanying One. I Believe That It Is One Of The Great Arts. . . . The Important Thing In Ballet Is The Movement Itself. A Ballet May Contain A Story, But The Visual Spectacle . . . Is The Essential Element. The Choreographer And The Dancer Must Remember That They Reach The Audience Through The Eye. It's The Illusion Created Which Convinces The Audience, Much As It Is With The Work Of A Magician.

One Is Born To Be A Dancer. No Teacher Can Work Miracles, Nor Will Years Of Training Make A Good Dancer Of An Untalented Pupil. One May Be Able To Acquire A Certain Technical Facility, But No One Can Ever 'acquire An Exceptional Talent.' I Have Never Prided Myself On Having An Unusually Gifted Pupil. A Pavlova Is No One's Pupil But God's.

I Don't Have A Past. I Have A Continuous Present. The Past Is Part Of The Present, Just As The Future Is. We Exist In Time.

One Is Born To Be A Great Dancer.

Why Are You Stingy With Yourselves? Why Are You Holding Back? What Are You Saving For - For Another Time? There Are No Other Times. There Is Only Now. Right Now.