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.

Storyless Is Not Abstract. Two Dancers On The Stage Are Enough Material For A Story; For Me, They Are Already A Story In Themselves

The Mirror Is Not You. The Mirror Is You Looking At Yourself.

I Have No Literary Approach - Except To Literature.

God Creates, I Do Not Create. I Assemble And I Steal Everywhere To Do It - From What I See, From What The Dancers Can Do, From What Others Do.