The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.

Even the ears must dance.

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as direct a language as does music.

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

Being spontaneous, it's what saved me.

It is a beautiful and scary thing to sit open-handed and let all your plans float away like dust.

Successful people do what others know they should do but will not. To become a success, or just be *more* successful, you will do what average, less-motivated people will not.

Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters?

Harmony is about bringing things into balance and knowing how to go from sunrise to sunset. Mother Nature teaches this to us, in so many ways, each and every day.

The retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan accordingly is, by all accounts, much more numerous and splendid than that of the richest subjects of Europe.

The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.

My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it.

Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States.

Friendship is the heaven of life.

If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.