True genius doesn't fulfill expectations, it shatters them.

Good choreography fuses eye, ear and mind.

Ballet is only good when it is great.

a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do.

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

Style consists in maintaining a convincing reality all through a piece. It's like wearing a garment that looks as if it might have been made for you even if it wasn't.

It is not the man speaking through the woman, it is the woman speaking through the man.

True genius doesn't fulfill expectations it shatters them.

There must be something I am doing that will make sense to somebody some day.

If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.

I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.

We are more apt to change our minds when right than wrong.

The Americas has been a relatively stable continent. The last truly new border we have is Panama in 1903.

You can't be pro-business unless you're pro education.

When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.

I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.

It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.

The first time I went to Mexico, it was really difficult. Number one is the language, I didn't know any Spanish language. Of course, the culture itself. Very different from where I grew up.