No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.

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.

This far north the sun was still up, although very low, riding through the mountains as if looking for something it lost on the ground.

Understanding has no cost, yet, it is too expensive for some people to purchase

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.

Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.

Never tell your wife she's bad in bed. She'll go out and get a second opinion.

Always try to be yourself.

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song.

I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can't be anything but the lyric poem.