In all my unhappiness I was moving, and suddenly, this moving became an expression, a speaking out

If I could say with words what my dances express, I wouldn’t have a reason to dance.

Strong and convincing art has never arisen from theories.

Art is communication spoken by man for humanity in a language raised above the everyday happening.

The dance grew into a colorful flower bouquet which caught and contained the glow of sun-happy summer days, the secret of star-studded nights, and the wistful sweetness of overcast and rainy hours.

Every quote is like a Picasso. The meaning is different for each person and half the admirers miss the true intent and twisted humor of it all.

School is testing our memory and real world is testing our memory + how we use this which we know.

My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.

In addition to writing in received forms, I have also had fun making up forms - Möbius strips and visual poems, particularly.

We must first give to life if we expect life to give anything in return. This is the divine law.

There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

Those who are wise ambassadors of the word have no other object in view than to free as far as they can their hearers from weak opinions, and to endue them with intelligence.

The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.

We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.