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Dance is music made visible


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Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.



First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.



In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.



I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.

I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.



What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.

What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.



Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But I don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.

Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But I don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.



I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.

I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.



The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.



Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.



Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves

Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves





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Mind and soul both exists in thoughts. Then how can you call them separate.

Mind and soul both exists in thoughts. Then how can you call them separate.




Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.



Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy?

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy?



Genius has its fatality. Must we not see in its works a manifestation of the will of Providence?

Genius has its fatality. Must we not see in its works a manifestation of the will of Providence?



Two of the many areas of conflict between Judeo-Christian values and leftism concern the separation between the holy and the profane and the separation between humans and animals.

Two of the many areas of conflict between Judeo-Christian values and leftism concern the separation between the holy and the profane and the separation between humans and animals.



I'm still fly, I'm sky high and I dare anybody to try and cut my wings

I'm still fly, I'm sky high and I dare anybody to try and cut my wings



My wife is Mexican and my constituency is very, very multicultural.

My wife is Mexican and my constituency is very, very multicultural.



If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'

If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'



You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.




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