Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

The body says what words cannot.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Misery is a communicable disease.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

People so easily forget their past selves.

After all is said and done, I believe the true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.

Wonderful to see with the whole family. It's like travelling from dynasty to dynasty, from one Chinese region to another.

When I first started studying climate change back in the 1980s, I was struck by how difficult it was be for people to understand this issue.

Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country.

The question of societal fairness is always pertinent.