My Muse Must Come To Me On

If You Don't Feel Challenged, It's Because You're Not Doing Enough. Ballet Should Never Feel Comfortable. Comfortable Is Lazy! If You're Comfortable When You Dance, You're Not Pushing Yourself Hard Enough. 100 % Is Not Enough. You Have To Give 200%. One Tendu Takes Years Of Hard Work And Will Never Be Perfect. Everything In Ballet Is A Challenge.

My Muse Must Come To Me On Union Time.

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.

What Are You Waiting For? What Are You Saving For? Now Is All There Is.

I Don't Want People Who Want To Dance; I Want People Who Have To Dance.