All The New York City Ballet Does

What I Hate About Kitchen-sink Dramas Is [this Idea] That The Set Is Real, Therefore You're Going To Be Seeing Truth. You Have To Earn Truth. Truth Can't Be A Part Of The Fact That People Appear To Talk That Way And Live In That Room. You're Looking For The Poetry In Something, And I Don't Mean Poetry In The Fancy Sense. Naturalism Believes By Just Replicating A Thing You Give The Truth, Rather Than Earning The Truth.

Ballet Is Always About The Realm Of Possibilities, The Realm Of What The Human Body Can Do, What The Human Spirit Can Do. And It's About Listening, It's About Listening To Remarkable Music And How We Respond To That.

Does Any Art Have A Practical Value? People Love To Talk About How Expensive A Painting Is. That's The Only Way We Can Talk About Paintings In This Century.

Oh, I Never Use A Seat Belt. I Don't Believe In Gravity.

Sometimes You Have To Protect The Life Of The Play. It Seems Like Spelling Out Mysterious, Musical Details Can Destroy A Play By Making The Motivations Too Clear, Too Simplex.