When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interesting and interested.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.

If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it.

Bending according to circumstances in not weakness, it's wisdom.

All my different kinds of artwork have been designed to inspire people to think. They may not always agree with me, but at least they will have some feelings and some passion about whatever it is.

None of the candidates are ever perfect, ok? Then you have to get them in there and you have to hold them accountable. You have to make noises.

We can stop thinking that good practice is when it’s smooth and calm, and bad practice is when it’s rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.

I love corduroys , because they are really comfy and they're cozier than jeans. They come in nice autumn hues - colors that you can have fun with.

Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you.

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.

I think there's some great stuff coming. I do feel that. I think we have reached our Harlem Renaissance.