The Pointes For Girls, I Always Say,

Dancers Are Instruments, Like A Piano The Choreographer Plays.

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.

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

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.

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