Take Your Work Seriously, But Never Yourself.

I Think Perhaps I've Learned To Be Myself. I Have A Theory That All Artists Who Would Be Important - Painters And Writers - Must Learn To Be Themselves. It Takes A Very Long Time.

Ballet Is More Than A Profession - It Is A Way Of Life.

Dancing Was Something To Be Taken Very Seriously When Engaged In And Otherwise Put Out Of Mind.

I Have Never Wanted To Live To Be Old, So Old I'd Run Out Of Friends Or Money.

Traveling Carries With It The Curse Of Being At Home Everywhere And Yet Nowhere, For Wherever One Is Some Part Of Oneself Remains On Another Continent.